The community policing team in Katima Mulilo started the year with a cleanup campaign, focusing on government properties throughout the town.

A volunteer, Katrina Kaundu, said she has been active in the yearly clean-up activities around the town for the past few years.

Kunene Police Commander Eric Clay has urged motorists to exercise caution on the roads during this festive season.

The region recorded 3 fatalities, 6 serious injuries and 6 crashes at the start of this festive season. 

Omaheke Police Commander Heinrich Tjiveze reminded cadet trainees that policing is not just about enforcing laws, but it is about building relationships and fostering trust within communities. 

Poverty is considered the main contributing factor to criminal activities among young people in rural communities.

The Inspector General of the Police continued his nationwide crime prevention campaign this weekend, engaging with the community at Oshikango in the Ohangwena region.

Lieutenant General Joseph Shikongo urged residents to actively participate in reducing crime in their areas.

The police in the Omaheke Region have recorded ten cases of drinking and driving, four road accidents with one fatality, and a decrease in serious crimes such as armed robberies, housebreakings, assaults, and theft from motor vehicles since the start of the festive season operation.

Chief Inspector Ileni Shapumba, the Commander of Community Policing in the Erongo Region, has issued a stern warning to the public against engaging in mob justice and taking the law into their own hands.