The president, his ministers and the police have all been condemned recently for their "shoot-to-kill" directive in the battle against crime, but one sector which has very few complaints in the run-up to the festive season are the cash-in-transit (CIT) companies.
In fact, since the SAPS's new heavy-handed approach towards armed robbers and other criminals was introduced, the number of deadly cash heists has decreased.
In September, Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa told Parliament the drop in numbers was because CIT companies were able to take measures to protect themselves. He said CIT robberies had declined by 2.3 percent during the second half of 2009.
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"This trend needs to be improved. To address this, over the last two months the department has focused considerable attention on the area of cash-in-transit robberies.
'This trend needs to be improved' "As recent events indicate, we are beginning to achieve some successes in terms of foiling some of the cash-in-transit activities. More work still needs to be done though," he said.
The South African Banking Risk Information Centre (Sabric), which monitors CIT robberies, said he industry had experienced a slight increase of 6 percent in attacks and robberies during the course of the year, with a peak in July.
"However, there has been a month-to-month decrease in attacks between August and October 2009, which signals a downward trend in CIT robberies," said Sabric chief executive Kalyani Pillay.
"Sabric is aware that there have been significant arrests and heightened law enforcement at about the same time as the downward trend in CIT incidents was observed. That is probably one of the factors that contributed to changes in the trends."
A spokesperson for SBV Services said the security company had definitely seen a decrease in the number of attacks this year.
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