Mhlaba Memela
Mhlaba Memela
Unemployed young people in northern KwaZulu-Natal are set to blow the whistle on crime after having been elected on to various community policing forums in the province.
Police told the youngsters at a CPF workshop in Newcastle at the weekend that they had a responsibility to protect their homes and root out crime while their parents were at work.
At the end of the workshop the youngsters were given a uniform and a whistle to blow when they saw anyone committing a crime.
Bhekizizwe Zikalala, chairman of the Newcastle CPF said: "Young people stay at home while their parents are at work.
"These youngsters they should not stand for criminals terrorising their parents."
But he warned that carrying a CPF badge did not give the holder a mandate for vigilantism.
This was reiterated by Superintend Sipho Makhubo, who applauded the youths.
CPFs enlist youth in fight against crime
Mhlaba Memela
Mhlaba Memela
Unemployed young people in northern KwaZulu-Natal are set to blow the whistle on crime after having been elected on to various community policing forums in the province.
Police told the youngsters at a CPF workshop in Newcastle at the weekend that they had a responsibility to protect their homes and root out crime while their parents were at work.
At the end of the workshop the youngsters were given a uniform and a whistle to blow when they saw anyone committing a crime.
Bhekizizwe Zikalala, chairman of the Newcastle CPF said: "Young people stay at home while their parents are at work.
"These youngsters they should not stand for criminals terrorising their parents."
But he warned that carrying a CPF badge did not give the holder a mandate for vigilantism.
This was reiterated by Superintend Sipho Makhubo, who applauded the youths.