Cape Town CPF Board signs new constitution

• Published date: 24 April 2024
• Author: Tara Isaacs tara.isaacs@acm.co.za
• Publication title: Tabletalk

The signing event was attended by Provincial CPF Board chairperson, Fransina Lukas, Community Safety MEC Reagen Allen, and provincial police commissioner, Lieutenant-General Thembisile Patekile

Brooklyn resident, Justin Kumlehn, the Provincial CPF Board spokesman, said despite the many challenges and delays, dating back to 2017, they (the CPF board) worked to change the constitution to align the organisation with the changes in police structures.

He added that in the past each police station was grouped into a cluster, and the CPF committees were structured in the same way, but with the changes from clusters to districts, more stations were grouped together.

The amended constitution is a natural improvement from the previous constitution, and said that the changes are set out to strengthen the code of conduct and to introduce mechanisms to deal with members that have political aspirations, and to improve voting processes within the CPF.

Another change he said, is to improve service delivery to the residents of the Western Cape.

Mr Kumlehn said amendments were made to the Community Safety Plan, and its vetting process.

“The changes will allow better communication and smoother working relationships between all crime fighters, which will ultimately benefit the community,” said Mr Kumlehn.

He added that there are about 151 CPFs – one CPF per police station – and that their sole purpose is to contribute to the communication process between the communities and police, including crime-fighting social intervention to assist...