{"id":101721,"date":"2015-10-07T08:15:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-07T06:15:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/101721\/we-need-to-serve-the-community-not-to-frustrate-them-say-police\/"},"modified":"2015-10-07T09:06:58","modified_gmt":"2015-10-07T07:06:58","slug":"we-need-to-serve-the-community-not-to-frustrate-them-say-police","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/10\/07\/we-need-to-serve-the-community-not-to-frustrate-them-say-police\/","title":{"rendered":"We need to serve the community not to frustrate them \u2013 say police"},"content":{"rendered":"

Col Mduduzi Khuzwayo, the station commander of the Primrose Police Station, has been fielding complaints from disgruntled community members.<\/p>\n

The main complaint from many residents is that they are sent from one person to the next when they try to open a case.<\/p>

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\u201cResidents have reported that when reporting a crime at the Primrose Police Station\u2019s charge office, they have been given the sector cellphone numbers instead of being able to open a case,\u201d explained Sgt Styles Maome, communications officer for the Primrose police.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is the responsibility of the officers on duty to help even if that means finding or phoning a third party.\u201d<\/p>

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Members of the community are encouraged to take the name of the officer helping them.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis will help when reporting any problems community members may have when reporting a crime,\u201d Maome added.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to serve the community not to frustrate them.\u201d<\/p>\n

A reminder of the Primrose police\u2019s contact numbers:<\/p>\n