Area W residents fight crime

Tatitown Police Station commander, Superintendent Tebogo Madisa said the general crime rate in their policing area has been reduced because of the neighbourhood clusters that help the police in patrols at night.  "These people provide us with information and they have motivation and often make citizen arrests of the criminals. Their contribution in fighting crime is immense," he said.

During a kgotla meeting convened by residents in conjunction with the police, there was unanimous agreement to fight the social ills bedeviling their neighbourhood.  It was also agreed that residents would arrest or report any person loitering around for the purpose of prostituting. Houses suspected to be havens for illegal immigrants, were also targeted. Due to these concerted efforts, crime has drastically been reduced in Area W and residents are grateful for this turn of affairs. "We seldom hear reports of people being attacked in their homes by intruders.