Recently Krugersdorp News journalist Jacobus Myburgh was given the opportunity to observe what police officers of the Gauteng Flying Squad gets up to on a daily basis, and although his observation lasted only about three hours, what he saw and experienced made shivers run down his spine.
“When the police arrived at my home just after 7pm, I was quickly scanning my residential street in Witpoortjie, Roodepoort in a bid to make sure that no one noticed me getting in the car – we don’t want any stories going around of me being arrested now do we?” laughs Jacobus.
As he got in he’s met by two heavily armed officers, whose names he’s not allowed to make public for their own safety. He immediately noticed all the two-way radios going off with different voices about crime incidents – all while they listen to music being played softly in the background.
“I have been doing this for so many years, my ears have become like a sieve where I take in only that I deem to follow up on,” one of the officers explained while they were heading towards Krugersdorp.
In Krugersdorp they made a few stops in the infamous Sivewright and Luipaard Streets as well as ‘visiting’ the alleged newly infested Nigerian drug hub Roode Street in Burgershoop.
