While Cele stumbles, 1 100 LEAP officers are deployed in the Western Cape
11 August 2022
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The DA-run Western Cape Government, together with the City of Cape Town today celebrated the deployment of another 100 new Law Enforcement Advancement Programme (LEAP) graduates across the city, bringing the total LEAP officers deployed to 1 100.
While the government is unable to capacitate SAPS and keep South Africans safe, the DA-led Western Cape continues to come up with solution-orientated interventions in policing.
Many communities are still threatened by violent crime, drug abuse and gangsterism, and there is still much more work to be done. But the LEAP programme is a leading step in the right direction. Since the very first deployment in February 2020, LEAP officers have made 8500 arrests, and have taken over 220 guns off the streets.