Botswana Police tighten security this festive season
Friday, December 10, 2010
Senior superintendent and deputy public relations officer, Dipheko Motube, said the police have embarked on nation-wide strategies meant to stabilise crime rates and control bad behavior.
In the 'police beat patrols' armed police officers patrol every corner of the nation. "Beat patrols enhance police visibility time and again and this obstructs crime doers. Criminals are intimidated by the police, if they keep seeing them every minute it will be impossible to commit crime," explained Motube.
The Francistown Umbrella Informal Sector chairperson, David Mbulawa, has highlighted this growing concern, revealing that many local traders are using their licences to facilitate the entry of foreign goods into the market at a fee.Fronting undermines the very fabric of our local economy. It allows foreign traders to exploit the system designed to benefit Batswana, using local licences to cross borders and sell goods at prices intended for local...