The City said it had put forward a request to Parliament’s portfolio committee on police to increase the public order policing units in the Cape Metro to help deal with land invasions.
He accused the City of wanting to control people with beefed up public order police “rather than tackling the root cause of the anger”. He said everyone saw the nature of recent Cape Town land invasions in the media and the suburbs, and the “huge spike of well-organised” invasion attempts in more than 30 parts of the metro.
Mayco member for safety and security JP Smith said the City had put forward a request to the committee to increase Pops units since there were only four units in the entire province. He also claimed that in June, he called on President Cyril Ramaphosa to co-ordinate an urgent response to the national crisis of land invasions.
“The Provincial Joint Operational and Intelligence Structure, in its planning capacity, is in a better place to advise on safety and security requirements in the province,” she said.
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