About Us
Community Policing
Pinelands CPF was established as a partnership between the South African Police Service (SAPS) and the local community as a platform for community and civic partners involved in fighting crime in neighbourhoods to collaborate. Community policing brings the police and the community together to solve problems of crime.
Chairperson: Marietta Hopley
Secretary: Chenè Marchand
Treasurer: Christina Tsangaris
Project Co-ordinator: Yasmin Johnson
Public Relations Officer: Desray Britz
Assistant Public Relations Officer: Genevieve Lucas
From Left: Genevieve Lucas, Christina Tsangaris, Desray Britz, Marietta Hopley, Lt Col Koopman, Chenè Marchand and Yasmin Johnson.
Aims of the CPF
Collaboration between SAPS, Law Enforcement agencies, Security stakeholders and Community organisations.
Communication
improve communication and relations between the police and the community, encouraging them to work together as partners against crime.
Collaboration
work together with stakeholders.
Accountability
monitor the police, introducing ways to make the police service transparent and accountable.
Problem Solving
identify and solve problems to do with fears of crime and disorder.
Join the Movement
Sign up as a member
Membership is open to members of the public residing or having business in the area. Membership is free.
Projects
Safe Schools
The governing body of a school is responsible for ensuring that sound governance policies and guidelines promoting the establishment of safe schools are developed.
Spiritual Crime Prevention
The Spiritual Crime Prevention programme is an interfaith community-based approach empowering community leaders to assist SAPS.
Youth Desk
Youth Desks enable young people to participate actively in identifying the causes of youth violence and crime, and to collaborate in creating social crime prevention strategies.
