{"id":148861,"date":"2017-04-11T11:05:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T09:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/148861\/metros-slow-response-results-in-major-damage-at-saps-building\/"},"modified":"2017-04-11T15:51:17","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T13:51:17","slug":"metros-slow-response-results-in-major-damage-at-saps-building","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2017\/04\/11\/metros-slow-response-results-in-major-damage-at-saps-building\/","title":{"rendered":"Metro’s slow response results in major damage at SAPS building"},"content":{"rendered":"

A number of Ekurhuleni\u2019s – and in fact one of Gauteng\u2019s – elite SAPS crime fighting units were knocked out of action on Monday due to a burst water pipe and the metro\u2019s slow response to fixing the problem.<\/p>\n

A building in Meyer Street, which is home to the Hawks Head Office Gauteng, Ekurhuleni\u2019s Bomb Disposal Unit, the Child Protection, Sexual Offences and Family Violence (FCS) Unit, the Organised Crime Unit and the Crime Intelligence Unit, was severely affected by the burst pipe and staff had to eventually leave due to severe flooding and electrical problems.<\/p>

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The GCN was contacted by Capt Barry Botha, from the Hawks, who said that a burst pipe in Odendaal Street had been noticed at about 6.30am when people were arriving for work.<\/p>\n

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The flooded sub-basement of the Meyer Street building which is home to a number of SAPS units.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The metro was contacted and the matter reported as urgent.<\/p>

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However, hours later the water was still gushing and SAPS building\u2019s electricity had been knocked out and the sub-basement and basement were flooding.<\/p>\n