The City’s enforcement agencies conducted 325 arrests and issued 57 854 fines for various offences in the past week. With a rise in the number of arrests made for drunk driving and an increase in the incidents of motor vehicle accidents reported:
The City’s enforcement agencies conducted 325 arrests and issued 57 854 fines for various offences in the past week. Notably, there was a significant rise in the number of arrests made for drunk driving and an increase in the incidents of motor vehicle accidents reported to the City’s Public Emergency Communication Centre.
Over the past weekend, the Public Emergency Communication Centre recorded 1 935 incidents in a 48-hour period. Among these incidents were 147 assaults, 48 cases of domestic violence, 64 motor vehicle accidents , and 15 pedestrian-vehicle accidents.‘There has been a marked increase in the number of drunk driving arrests week on week, as well as motor vehicle accidents. We’ve also seen marginal increases in assault cases reported to our public emergency communication centre this past weekend.
‘The payday weekend phenomenon is sadly very well established and once again underscores the devastating role that irresponsible alcohol use plays in our society. With the month-end weekend and a number of long weekends looming, I want to renew my call not only on our motorists, but the public in general to take responsibility for their actions and to not put their lives or that of others around them, on the line,’ said Mayoral Committee Member for Safety and Security Alderman JP Smith.
On Sunday, 26 March 2023, officers acted on a tip-off about drugs being stored at a location in Heideveld. As a result of the operation, they seized drugs worth a street value of approximately R16 000.In Eerste River, on Saturday, 25 March 2023, Metro Police officers detained an individual for possessing an illegal firearm.
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