The South African Police Service Management in Limpopo has taken note of the voice clips that have gone viral on social media about armed people driving in Gold 7s, impersonating police officers, and allegedly terrorising community members.
As provincial police management, we are aware of the existence of these vehicles in the Province and the occupants are actually law enforcement officers, not criminals.
We are already in the midst of the festive season period and police deployments have been heightened across the province to deal with criminal activities that often increase during this time. Police use both marked and unmarked vehicles when fighting the scourge of crime.
We, therefore, urge motorists and community members in general, not to be alarmed by these voice clips on social media as these are law enforcement officers doing their job and not criminals impersonating police officers.
We are, however, aware of the possibility that certain individuals may take advantage, as it had happened in the past, and impersonate police officers with the aim of attempting to commit a crime.
We, therefore, urge community members to report such criminals to the nearest police station. Anyone with suspicion about people pretending to be law enforcement officers and committing crimes may call the Crime Stop number 0860010111.