Warrant Officer Malila is
responsible for the Communication and partnership policing in Woodstock
Policing Precinct (Woodstock Communication Officer). Accompanied by Muller
Designated police Officer (Designated Liquor Officer). They are having a public
meeting on 17th July 2019, Wednesday evening at 7pm.
Warrant officer Malila said, “policing
is not a one-sided thing policing does not start with us (Police), policing
start with you that is why Woodstock Police Precinct is reaching out to the
Community”. Warrant Officer Malila said that partnership policing the Woodstock
Police Precinct they take it very seriously they also had various community engagements
and various community structures they can assist the SAPS on the fight against
crime.
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The service delivery is on top
of their agenda at the Woodstock policing precinct. The station commander and
the management of Woodstock police precinct do not compromise service delivery.
Meetings like these are one of the forms to engage with the community to talk
about crime and give out their view on how the police officers are conducting
themselves in the precinct and whether they satisfied or are there any areas
the SAPS can work on fixing.
After this meeting, the
Woodstock police precinct would then go back to its members where they have
internal imbizo where they give feedback regarding the community meetings. The
Woodstock police precinct have methods on educating the communities regarding
how to educate its members on how policing works. For example, the new type of
policing introduction of
the sector policing was introduced to bridge the gap between police and the
community.
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The Woodstock Policing is
divided into four sectors, to bring policing to the community, meaning there is
a specific Van allocated to a specific area and there is a specific Cell phone
number for that area. The cell number is written on the Vans. There is also a
police officer allocated or responsible for the sectors, called a Sector
Manager. He or She is your direct liaison between the community and the Police.
There are also Community structures to assist the police that includes your
Neighbourhood Watch, the city improvement district, street committees and block
watchers; those are some of the structures police use to be effective in the
area.
When it comes to businesses in
the area of Woodstock, the Woodstock Police precinct has started a network with
all the businesses in the area. By forming business watchers, the networks it’s to beef up
communication with them with things like social media platforms, if the
businesses closes at the end of the year or on weekends this is to set up a
patrol register for the visible policing.
The Woodstock Police precinct also wants to introduce the same concept
for the residential houses for example for people who go for vacation and the
house will be empty for weeks, so they can come to the police station the SAPS
can set up a patrol schedule in those areas. With things like events the
Woodstock Police precinct plead to event organisers or club owners to
communicate with the police regarding the event so that police can have extra
police officers in order for the event to be secured for that certain area to
do crime prevention.
Muller Designated police Officer
(Designated Liquor Officer) says there procedure’s on giving out liquor licence
permission one of them would be Police, Municipality, the liquor authority the
police on that process can make
recommendation or say they don’t approve the application but the final decision
is made by the liquor authority/ liquor tribunal. The Woodstock Police Precinct
do the regular liquor inspection in all the places that is covered by the
Woodstock Police Precinct.
For more information you can call 082 499 3871
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