Police Intensify Response to Child-Related crimes

Dinah Marathe
Dinah Marathe

Even though there has been a general decline in crime during the coronavirus (COVID-19) national lockdown period, the number of gender-based violence (GBV) cases including those that involve children has increased.

An increase in the number of sexual offences involving underage girls is a cause for concern, something that has forced the police to intensify their response to crimes involving children.

Speaking at a cycling event for a GBV-free generation awareness campaign in Selebi-Phikwe on Friday, deputy police commissioner, Dinah Marathe said the assessment of law enforcement response to the scourge is rolling. The police have expressed their disappointment at the continued killing and raping of women and children.

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