How will social workers bring down crime? - Phahlane
2 September 2016
Cape Town- An article claiming that more social workers, and not police officers, are needed to curb crime is “confusing”, acting police commissioner Lieutenant-General Khomotso Phahlane said on Friday.
“What is it social workers are going to do to bring down contact crime? Crimes are being committed by people wielding illegal firearms,” he told Parliament’s portfolio committee on police.
“As the SAPS, we do our best to bring these crime levels down, to ensure the same social workers are able to do their work in our communities.”
Speaking after the presentation of the 2015/16 crime statistics, he said policing remained a thankless job.