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Friday April 25, 1997

South Africa Jews divert funds for their own police station

JOHANNESBURG (JTA) -- Rising crime in Johannesburg has led residents of two mainly Jewish neighborhoods to start and fund their
Residents of the northeastern suburbs of Glenhazel and Sandringham are raising funds to rent a building and to buy vehicles, fur

Residents of the two suburbs have complained that many of the police working in their areas were poorly trained and did not speak or understand English well.

The homeowners association has decided to divert funds currently being paid to private security companies to the new community-funded police station.

Although it will controlled by the South African Police Service, the station will be staffed mainly by police reservists and civilians.

Of 200 police reservists recruited last year in the Sandringham police district, all but one were Jewish.

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