Rocklands residents marched on six alleged drug houses on Wednesday night where they demanded that dealers stop selling drugs to their children, or move out of the area. (From IOL)
It was the third consecutive day that residents, the neighbourhood watch and Community Police Forum (CPF), accompanied by the police, took their protest to the doors of alleged drug dealers.
"Parents are frustrated. Their own children are stealing their things and exchanging them for drugs. Children as young as 13 go to the drug houses in the morning. We want a clean Rocklands," said Daniels.
Marching to close down shebeens and drug dens is not a good idea. That it is sanctioned and watched over by the police is unbelievable. In the past these marches got out of hand, but the police sanction and support the marchers. If the public really knew that the houses are drug dens then they could go and report it at the police station? That is the way that the law works. Complaining that the accused gets out on bail and is back doing what he was within a day ignores the fact that if that were true all the public needs to do is re-report the person and have them re-arrested. That is the way it is supposed to work. Instead the community decide to march and the police (remember how "understaffed" they are) now have to go along to keep the peace.... rather than actually taking statements, obtaining search warrants and dealing with the problem.
It was the third consecutive day that residents, the neighbourhood watch and Community Police Forum (CPF), accompanied by the police, took their protest to the doors of alleged drug dealers.
"Parents are frustrated. Their own children are stealing their things and exchanging them for drugs. Children as young as 13 go to the drug houses in the morning. We want a clean Rocklands," said Daniels.
Marching to close down shebeens and drug dens is not a good idea. That it is sanctioned and watched over by the police is unbelievable. In the past these marches got out of hand, but the police sanction and support the marchers. If the public really knew that the houses are drug dens then they could go and report it at the police station? That is the way that the law works. Complaining that the accused gets out on bail and is back doing what he was within a day ignores the fact that if that were true all the public needs to do is re-report the person and have them re-arrested. That is the way it is supposed to work. Instead the community decide to march and the police (remember how "understaffed" they are) now have to go along to keep the peace.... rather than actually taking statements, obtaining search warrants and dealing with the problem.
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