{"id":147193,"date":"2017-03-25T07:14:00","date_gmt":"2017-03-25T05:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147193\/police-encourage-katlehong-community-to-voice-their-concerns\/"},"modified":"2017-03-25T14:21:28","modified_gmt":"2017-03-25T12:21:28","slug":"police-encourage-katlehong-community-to-voice-their-concerns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/03\/25\/police-encourage-katlehong-community-to-voice-their-concerns\/","title":{"rendered":"Police encourage Katlehong community to voice their concerns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The number of rape cases being reported across the Ekurhuleni West cluster remains a concern for police.<\/p>\n<p>To address the issue and to help raise awareness officers from the Katlehong Police Station, members of the Katlehong Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit, local CPF members, community patrollers, officers of the Social Crime Prevention Unit and representatives from other organisations held an awareness campaign, last Saturday.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-147527\" src=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/IMG_9711-Custom-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/IMG_9711-Custom-520x400.jpg 520w, https:\/\/dwu32cgxelq1c.cloudfront.net\/local_newspapers\/sites\/31\/2017\/03\/IMG_9711-Custom-300x231.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 520px) 100vw, 520px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Led by Katlehong Police Station commander Brig Phumla Mdlankomo the team visited the Siphamandla informal settlement to speak to community members and encourage residents to voice their concerns when it comes to crimes in the area.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>In addition the team offered women and young girls advice on how to avoid becoming a statistic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe hope that the community will take to heart the safety tips shared during this awareness campaign and that together we can curb crime in Katlehong,\u201d said Capt Mega Ndobe, of the Ekurhuleni West cluster.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Other articles you may be interested in:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/147180\/sector-two-residents-warned-of-danger\/\">Sector Two residents warned of danger<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146427\/men-found-with-ivory-after-tip-off\/\">Men found with ivory after tip-off<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/146441\/be-alert-and-aware-at-all-times-encourage-police\/\">Be alert and aware at all times, encourage police<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='55e1e0521d2665df76fcd4cf30296040'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Katlehong police and other local organisations hold crime awareness campaign in the Siphamandla informal settlement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1848,"featured_media":147194,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[8297,989,1012,1003,10604,1106,979,969,1015,1314,14049,2730,999,998],"class_list":["post-147193","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-community-2","tag-crime","tag-east-rand","tag-ekurhuleni","tag-ekurhuleni-west-cluster","tag-gcn","tag-germiston","tag-germiston-city-news","tag-katlehong","tag-katlehong-saps","tag-katlehoong-police","tag-leigh-hodgson","tag-police","tag-saps"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["community","crime","East Rand","Ekurhuleni","ekurhuleni west cluster","GCN","germiston","germiston city 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