Coupled with cleaning the streets, the cops have also undertaken duties of collecting waste, putting out fires and even driving water tankers to supply residents who have had no water.
Constable Ricardo Naicker helps a resident carry water after metro police took on the job of operating water tankers on Tuesday May 7 2019.Durban metro police have become street sweepers, waste collectors and refuse truck drivers.
This comes in the wake of an ongoing eThekwini municipal strike which has left scores of residents in suburbs throughout the metro without water or waste not being collected.
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