Pinelands police raise awareness for gender-based violence at community roadblock

Pinelands police raised awareness for its 16 Days of Activism for No Violence Against Women and Children campaign with a roadblock in the community on Tuesday, December 2.

The roadblock was held in Jan Smuts Drive, Pinelands, where Pinelands police were joined by Law Enforcement, the City’s traffic services, Pinelands Community Policing Forum (CPF), Pinelands Neighbourhood Watch (NW), Pinelands Community Improvement District (CID) and various partners, where they distributed pamphlets to motorists to inform them about gender-based violence (GBV). 

Pinelands police station commander, Lieutenant Colonel Darleen Koopman said these pamphlets would give important details as to what you should do if you think you are a victim of GBV. “Many male drivers gratefully accepted the pamphlets, while female drivers honked in support of the awareness initiative,” she said.

Lieutenant Colonel Koopman said they spent an hour interacting with passing traffic, confident that their message around the 16 Days campaign was well received.

Pinelands police and their partners also handed out fines to the value of over R23 000 for traffic infringements, including driving with an expired car licence, driving without a seat belt, and driving with unroadworthy vehicles.