Source: BCC seeks to have arresting powers – #Asakhe – CITE
The City of Bulawayo has written to the Ministry of Local Government and Public Works requesting arresting powers so that its municipal security can arrest offenders rather than relying solely on national police for all operations.
The Attorney General’s office is reportedly currently reviewing a proposal that the Bulawayo City Council (BCC) submitted to its parent ministry to address this problem.
Bulawayo Town Clerk, Christopher Dube, revealed this when he stated that the city needed arresting powers to apprehend offenders who violated by-laws.
“The other difficulty we have at the moment is, we know as a city of Bulawayo, our (municipal) security doesn’t have arresting powers for us to carry out operations. If we are to carry out operations, we do so with support from police,” he said at a meeting with various stakeholders on Thursday to review Bulawayo’s Local Environmental Action Plan (LEAP).
“In other words, the police, should be the one heading those operations but they have a lot of things to do in terms of their mandate. So, they are also falling short in terms of the support they are giving us.”
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