Phone a birth control measure for top cop

MAFUTSENI – Mafutseni Station Commander Cruiser Ngcamphalala says availing his phone number to residents has proven to be a child birth prevention measure for him.

The station commander was speaking during a closing ceremony of a crime prevention training workshop for community police, businesspeople and head teachers from the station’s region yesterday.
He said he gave his phone number to the residents so that they could report to him any criminal activity in their communities.

Ngcamphalala said he told the residents that he was available 24 hours to address any concerns they might have. He said residents called him anytime of the day and night.
“That has proved to be a successful way to prevent me from making any more children. Had it not been that case, I would be having many children, unlike white people.
“White people have few children,” he said.

The always jolly Ngcamphalala seemed to have developed a close relationship with the community police, residents and businesspeople of the area. He said he sometimes woke up at night to attend to concerns that were reported directly to him.
“Ngiye ngithi ngiyalala kungene lucingo ngivuke. Ngithi ngiyala lukhale futhi,” he said in his Zulu-siSwati accent. 

This is loosely translated to mean that at times when he is about to doze off, his phone rings, forcing him to wake up and act on the caller’s concerns but when he returns to sleep again, it bellows again.
He said he even takes his phone to the bathroom so that he attends to the residents’ calls.

The training workshop that began on Monday had been attended by community policemen from the chiefdoms under the Mafutseni Police Station crime area.
Manzini Police Regional Operations Officer Superintendent Musa Zwane was one of the facilitators who taught about crime prevention.

The team was taught on various topics such as investigation, handling suspects, interrogation and issues on HIV/AIDS.
They also learnt about keeping secrets, how to handle exhibits and the administration of estates.
The workshop was officially closed by Police Commissioner Isaac Magagula who was represented by Senior Superintendent Christopher Shongwe.

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