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i-Patrol Volunteers Spend 1 500 Hours Combating Crime

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i-Patrol Corsa bakkies have travelled over 30 thousand kilometres, and volunteers have spent over 1 500 hours behind the wheel to help keep Nelson Mandela Bay’s neighbourhoods safer.

In 2009, General Motors seconded eight Corsa bakkies to community-run Neighbourhood Watches.

In December last year, the programme continued with these vehicles being made available to Neighbourhood Watches in Bethelsdorp, Farm Comm (Kabega Park), Fernglen, Richmond Hill, Swartkops and Walmer Sector 2, as well as the New Brighton and Kwazakhele police stations.

“We are delighted to see that the vehicles are once again out there making a difference,” says Algoa FM programme director Alfie Jay.

Keeping the vehicles on the road is Williams Hunt.

“The sector heads report to us monthly, and we are pleased to see that most of the vehicles are being very well used,” says Williams Hunt general manager Trevor Villet.

“What is also clear is that the areas in which the vehicles are most active are also those where crime levels have dropped most noticeably – and are staying low,” says Jay.

Algoa FM will be broadcasting a series of interviews every second Wednesday during the Morning Show with Daron, Carol-Ann and Charlton.

The teams involved in the i-Patrol initiative will share their experiences and discuss the types of crimes occurring in the neighbourhoods – and how listeners can protect themselves.

The first interview, with Motherwell cluster commissioner general Johan Kapp, and Mount Road cluster commissioner general Dawie Rabie, will be aired between 08h40 and 08h50 on Wednesday the 23rd of February.

i-Patrol team community leaders from the left, John Preller (Walmer), Haroon Kleinbooi (Bethelsdorp), Alan Mounter (Richmond Hill), Corrie Meyer (Fernglen), Xolisa Tamakwe (New Brighton), June Jardine (Swartkops), Willie Bosch (Farm Comm) and Mawethu Poni (Kwazakhele).
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