MOSSEL BAY NEWS - A follow-up meeting was held on 16 March at the Joint Operations Centre in Mossel Bay to discuss the planned national shutdown of 20 March. Several top management members of local police stations, and other role players attended the meeting chaired by Col Lionel Kennedy, the district co-ordinator for visible policing.
It was pointed out during the meeting that the developments regarding the planned shutdown are continuously monitored at district level as well as locally and that contingency plans are in place accordingly.
General Norman Modishana, Commander of the Da Gamaskop Police Zone, said during the opening of the meeting that cooperation is critical to ensure that towns and cities are safe and that the business of the day can continue as normal on 20 March.
"It is an instruction from the Premier that we must make sure that Western Cape towns and cities must be secured, despite the current threats regarding disruption," said General Modishana.
He thanked Councillor Leon van Dyk, portfolio chairman for community safety, for making the Joint Operations Centre available and for the particularly good cooperation between the South African Police Service and the Mossel Bay Municipality.
The conversation also dealt with contingency plans to secure infrastructure and how to act preventively in the run-up to 20 March. Station commanders from all four police stations within the greater Mossel Bay were present and provided input and feedback.
In Mossel Bay, the Joint Operations Centre will be used as a nodal point for the management and distribution of information, as well as the management of any incidents. The incident facility at the JOC has been activated and will remain operational until further notice.
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