Delft is one of the police precincts in Cape Town. with the highest murder rate. with the national government in control of the South African Police Service, their numbers are rapidly declining and it is the worst affected gang areas that feel it the most.
Across the whole of South Africa, 30 police stations contribute to the majority of murders committed. This time a year ago, between October and December, nearly 300 gang related murders occurred in Cape Town.
The City of Cape Town in partnership with our Western Cape Government, said "Enough!" If you won't help us, then we will do it ourselves.
so we trained up over a thousand Law Enforcement officers, and sent them into the ten areas of the worst affected police stations.
And the outcome has been overwhelming! With over 700 firearms recovered in 2 years, a drop in the murder rate is evident, all while murder continues to rise across South Africa.
But one area we struggled in was the suburb of Delft, where trends continued. So we deployed additional LEAP officers from October and we came up with a new strategy.
I headed out with the officers while the President was delivering his State Of the Nation Address, making more empty promises, so I went out to see how we are delivering on our promises.
And wow. I am encouraged and optimistic we are taking Cape Town, and South Africa, in the right direction.
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