Pretoria - The City of Johannesburg says it is encouraged by the efforts made by all law enforcement agencies to tackle crime in the city.
According to the 2014/15 national crime statistics, released by Police Minister Nathi Nhleko on Tuesday, Johannesburg does not feature among the top 10 police precincts with the highest murder statistics.
The city has attributed this to the number of initiatives rolled out to tackle crime.
These include, amongst others, the rollout of CCTV cameras in the inner city, the launch of “Joburg Ten Plus” where the Joburg Metro Police are concentrating on crime prevention, as well as compliance by-laws in each ward as well as the establishment of the Intelligent Operations Centre (IOC).
The IOC is the state-of-the-art analytics centre to assist the city’s management to take proactive and preventative actions that improve public safety and emergency management responsiveness.
“In areas where CCTV’s are already operational, we have seen a 37% decline in assaults and a 27% reduction in robbery,” the city said on Wednesday.
It said the continuing establishment of improved systems, processes and early warning capabilities across the city, “will serve as mechanisms through which to anticipate, mitigate and drive greater responsiveness to service delivery, public safety, environmental and security issues”. – SAnews.gov.za
