Hillcrest police station in
a crisis
February 7, 2015
For some time now the Hillcrest SAPS station has
been in a crisis, and it is getting worse.
The residents of Hillcrest have lost complete faith
and confidence in the Hillcrest SAPS station, so much so that many residents
that live in the area policed by the Hillcrest SAPS station prefer to go down
to the Kloof Sub-Station to open a case or file a complaint.
Some of the recent issues include a member of a
neighbourhood watch been physically beaten up at the station by a police
officer while other police officers looked on and did nothing and a reluctance
to open cases to name a few, response time to an armed robbery 2 kms away was
more than 30 minutes and on the way they passed the robbers who went on to
commit another armed robbery a few minutes later, apparently only one usable
vehicle.
“There appears to be an ‘I don’t care attitude’ by
the officers and a reluctance to open cases, I experienced this first hand.
After an attempt by a taxi driver to deliberately run me off the road I
immediately went to Hillcrest SAPS to open a case, there was an immediate
reluctance from the officers at the desk to open the case, when I pressed them
they said they would go to the taxi rank and find who was driving the taxi,
they assured me they would call me later that same day to open a case. I waited
a full week and then emailed the station commander, a few days later I got a
call to come in and open a case, which I did. Then more than a week later a
Const Ndlovu contacted me and wanted to know why I waited so long to open a
case. To cut a long story short they now tell me the driver has disappeared and
they cannot find him. This happens daily and the taxpayers are sick and tired
of it, there must be an intervention at the station and any change must start
at the top.
I get constant complaints from the informal
settlement that there is an abuse of power by members of the Hillcrest SAPS
station”, said Councillor Rick Crouch, the ward councillor for the area.
Media Contact:
Councillor Rick Crouch
eThekwini Municipality – Ward 10
Finance & Procurement Committee Member
Office: 031.764.1178 | Mobile: 073.418.6996 | Web: www.ward10.co.za
Councillor Rick Crouch
eThekwini Municipality – Ward 10
Finance & Procurement Committee Member
Office: 031.764.1178 | Mobile: 073.418.6996 | Web: www.ward10.co.za
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