POLOKWANE – The South African Police Service in Limpopo is in possession of academics who contribute to community development and enhancement in the organisation.
Doctor Christopher Mabasa holds a rank of a Brigadier within the South African Police Service and appointed as the Provincial Head of the Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit. He obtained Doctor of Policing qualification, Phd with the Tshwane University of Technology.
Brigadier (Doctor) Mabasa, presented a qualitative research to explore the extent to which and the ways in which South African Police Service in the Giyani policing area created a positive relationship with the media houses as effective partners in the fight against crime.
The presentation was conducted during a seminar last month on 06 February 2022 at Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria, Gauteng Province.
Through semi-structured interviews with 22 participants, the findings indicated that criminals in the Limpopo Province use social media to commit crimes in the country, other countries in Africa, and elsewhere.
He also indicate that social media is used to bring positive attention to law enforcement agencies and aid in criminal investigations, although the positive impact of social media was highlighted in these experiences, persistent problems and challenges also featured in the data collected.
Brigadier (Doctor) Mabasa’s presentation concluded with the point that Social media is considered a double-edged sword, with both positive and negative effects in the law enforcement agencies.
Source: South African Police Service