{"id":173250,"date":"2018-02-21T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-21T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/173250\/police-to-take-back-the-streets\/"},"modified":"2018-02-21T15:42:59","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T13:42:59","slug":"police-to-take-back-the-streets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2018\/02\/21\/police-to-take-back-the-streets\/","title":{"rendered":"Police to take back the streets through Operation Fiela"},"content":{"rendered":"

There was a sea of blue at the Germiston City Sports Club on Friday, when over 600 police officers stood on parade during the launch of Operation Fiela.<\/p>\n

The operation sees officers from all departments of the SAPS and EMPD joining forces to take a stand against crime.<\/p>

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\u201cToday is all about the operation launched by our minister of police Fikile Mbalula last month – Operation Fiela,\u201d said SAPS provincial commissioner of Gauteng, Lt Gen Deliwe de Lange.<\/p>\n

\u201cOperation Fiela translates to \u2018sweep\u2019, and we plan to sweep across Gauteng targeting hijacked and derelict buildings which have been known to be used by the homeless and prostitutes.<\/p>

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\u201cWe will also be searching for wanted criminals during the operation, especially those accused of aggravated crimes such as house robbery.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn short, we are reclaiming the streets of Gauteng for our community so that they feel safe to walk in the streets,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n