Joburg takes fight to street criminals with udercover inner city officers

The inner city has become serious crime hot spot in Johannesburg. Videos of muggings, stabbings and people robbed in broad daylight have become a permanent feature raising concerns of safety even to investors. Sun wants to utilise the technology and the undercover officers to fight the escalating levels of crime in the inner city.

“It is also vital that there is a strong relationship between the City, the South African Police Services and the National Prosecuting Authority . Justice will only prevail if criminals are detained and prosecuted. For too long, the streets of Joburg have been held hostage by muggers, hijackers and other criminals,” he said.

Sun said the city was also making progress on increasing the number of privately owned CCTV feeds to the IOC to cover more corners of the inner city. “We will in the following months also unveil more innovative hi-tech projects which will assist to improve service delivery and ensure our residents are kept safe. This is planned as we simultaneously grow the IOC Reaction Unit to 160 officers,” Sun said.

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