A couple of women who fell prey to sexual offences got a pleasant surprise on Women’s Day (09/08) when police officers arrived at their home with food parcels and toiletries.
Police officers of the Postmasburg Crime Prevention and the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) unit dedicated the day to restoring the dignity of victims of gender-based violence.
This was done in support of Women’s Day under the theme Generation Equality: Realising women’s rights for an equal future.
They visited ten victims in Postmasburg and Danielskuil and handed over the items.
After conducting the home visits, the officers, accompanied by members of the local Community Policing Forum, conducted a vehicle checkpoint at the intersection of Postdene in Postmasburg. They stopped and searched 135 vehicles, 389 persons and issued 12 traffic fines for traffic violations.
The station commander of the police station in Postmasburg, Lt. Col Andries Witbooi, says similar actions will be conducted during the month while focusing on eradicating and addressing gender-based violence.
Brig. Nicky Mills, provincial head of FCS, commended the members who participated for their continued persistence in addressing violence against women and children. Mills urged victims to break the silence and report such cases on the MySAPS App.
