Interventions to ensure safety, security
The City of Tshwane is putting in place several interventions to ensure safety and security for those who work, live and play in the nation’s administrative capital.
MMC for Community Safety Karen Meyer said chief among these would be to increase the number of CCTV cameras, introduce a scout programme and implement blue light protocol.
Meyer said there were not enough CCTV cameras in the city; while there was controversy last year that “big brother was not longer watching”, they had measures in place to counter some of the cameras not working.
“There still is CCTV the difference is that we don’t have a contract for the maintenance; so if a camera breaks, it breaks. We also don’t have a service provider looking after it.
“Since the contract expired, we put 155 officers there in four shifts in the CBD to counter not having enough cameras.”
She said the reality was that 300-odd cameras citywide were few for a capital city. “We need them on highways, at intersections, entrances and exits to major routes and in townships. We have to focus on extending CCTV cams in the city.”
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