Police clusters have been encouraged to learn from each other to improve their knowledge on crime prevention.
Speaking to cluster members in Tshesebe recently the Minister of Defence, Justice and Security, Mr Ramadeluka Seretse commended them for having managed to reduce crime in their village. He said that their selfless volunteerism has resulted in them being recognized as one of the best performing clusters in the country.
He however said that such an achievement comes with the responsibility of helping other clusters to do likewise and added that this could only be done through exchange programs. Mr Seretse stated that his ministry is still looking into ways in which it can help facilitate such programs and asked clusters to aid them with the process.
Minister Seretse also raised concern at people who want to be paid for their volunteerism services saying some people have since backed down from crime prevention clusters because they want to be paid for fighting crime like police volunteers.
He said volunteerism should be a patriotic act and asked more individuals and the business community to join hands with the police.
For his part the Commissioner of Police, Mr Thebeyame Tsimako stated that the second national cluster policing awards will be held soon. He urged clusters that will be attending not to see the event as competition but a chance to meet and share ideas on how to make streets safer from criminals.