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“Comparing the incident occurrence rate this year with the rate last year, Lt. Gen. Mawela confirmed that there is a worrying increase in the rate of incidents of cash theft in transit in Gauteng and that urgent intervention and attention is required. from everyone concerned, ”Peters added.
At the meeting it was revealed that Fidelity and G4S had suffered a severe blow.
Law enforcement agencies and cash carriers have reviewed existing security plans and agreed to strengthen relationships to thwart more thefts, respond faster, make more arrests, and secure more convictions.
“General Mawela congratulated the industry partners on the establishment of Citasa [Cash-in-Transit Association of South Africa] and the subsequent deployment of a state-of-the-art operational command center where SAPS will be represented and will have access to shared services and technologies that will enhance efforts to reduce the spike related to cash theft in transit, ”said Peters.
Mawela said the CIT heists led to a network of other crimes.
“A CIT theft can result in additional crimes being recorded, such as willful damage to property related to the armored vehicle, attempted murder and murder, theft of money, kidnapping for the escape of suspects and other crimes.
“If we want to have a positive impact and mitigate this emerging urban terror, we will have to work hard to build a relationship based on values, with operational plans that are more proactive than reactive,” he added.
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