Telephone lines fixed at Kuils River detective branch

Telephone lines at the Kuils River police station’s detective branch have been fixed, police station spokeswoman Warrant Officer Liesel Beukes, told Northern News.

“The telephone lines (are now) in working order. The landline number at Kuils River detective branch is 021 900 5500,” said Warrant Officer Beukes.

This came almost a week after we reported that the telephone lines were faulty.

Kuils River Community Police Forum chairman Faizel Martin expressed shock at that time and said they were not made aware of the faulty lines.

“I only became aware of this when it was queried by the media. Upon hearing about this, I immediately tried contacting the office switchboard via its landline number in order to verify whether the landline was working or not.

“I dialled the number twice but there was no dial tone. I also checked whether it was load shedding at the time in Kuils River, which could be the cause for the ‘dead’ lines, but it was not the case. I was surprised to hear that the ‘dead’ landlines were confirmed by the SAPS, but yet the local CPF were not informed,” Mr Martin said at the time.

He said they were not in a position to comment about the lines being fixed.

Police did not respond to follow-up questions by the time of publication.