UMkomishinala wamaPolisa noLwaphulo-mthetho, Lisa Townsend, uthe amaqela amapolisa aseSurrey aza kunikwa izixhobo zokulwa nolwaphulo-mthetho olubalulekileyo kuluntu lwethu kulo nyaka uzayo emva kokuba kuqinisekisiwe ukuba ibhunga lakhe lokunyuswa kwerhafu liza kuqhubeka kwangoko namhlanje.
EyoMkomishinala icebise ukonyuka kwe-4.2% kwilungu lobupolisa lerhafu yebhunga, eyaziwa ngokuba ngumyalelo, bekuxoxiwe ngayo ngale ntsasa kwintlanganiso yale ngingqi IGqiza lamaPolisa kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho kwindawo yaseWoodhatch eReigate.
Amalungu ePhaneli ali-14 akhoyo avotele isiphakamiso soMkomishinala ngeevoti ezisixhenxe kunye neevoti ezisixhenxe ezichaseneyo. USihlalo wenze ivoti egqibayo. Nangona kunjalo, bekungekho zivoti zaneleyo zokuvala eso siphakamiso kwaye iGqiza lamkele umyalelo woMkomishinala oza kuqala ukusebenza.
ULisa uthe kuthetha ukuba Umphathi omtsha uConstable Tim De Meyer isicwangciso sobupolisa eSurrey siya kuxhaswa ngokupheleleyo, sivumela amagosa ukuba agxininise koko akwenza ngcono - ukulwa nolwaphulo-mthetho nokukhusela abantu.
Ivoti yerhafu yeBhunga
Ibambise njalo iGospel Constable ukugcina ubukho obubonakalayo obujongana neepokotho zokuchas' umthetho kwidolophu, sisukele ngokungakhathali abona baphuli-mthetho abaninzi kwiindawo esihlala kuzo kwaye sicuthe iindawo ezichasene noluntu (ASB) ezishushu.
Kwiplani yakhe – awayicacisela abahlali ngexesha lothotho lwamva nje lweziganeko zoluntu kulo lonke elaseSurrey – uConstable oyiNtloko uthe amagosa akhe aza kubagxotha abathengisi beziyobisi kwaye ajolise kwimigulukudu yobusela evenkileni njengenxalenye yamaphulo okulwa ulwaphulo-mthetho aqhutywa nguMbutho.
Ukwafuna ukonyusa kakhulu inani lezenzo zolwaphulo-mthetho ezifunyenweyo kunye nabaphuli-mthetho ababekwe phambi kweenkundla ngezityholo ezingama-2,000 ezongezelelekileyo ezenziwe ngoMatshi ka-2026. Ukongeza, wenze isifungo sokuqinisekisa ukuba iminxeba yokucela uncedo eluntwini iphendulwa ngokukhawuleza.
Izicwangciso zohlahlo lwabiwo-mali lulonke lwamaPolisa aseSurrey - kubandakanywa inqanaba lerhafu yebhunga ephakanyiselwe umsebenzi wamapolisa kwingingqi, exhasa ngemali uMkhosi kunye nesibonelelo esivela kurhulumente ophakathi - zichazwe kwiPhaneli namhlanje.
Isicwangciso sobupolisa
Njengenxalenye yempendulo yeGqiza kwisindululo soMkomishinala, amalungu avakalise ukuphoxeka ngozinziso lukarhulumente kunye “nendlela yenkxaso-mali engenabulungisa ebeka umthwalo onzima kubahlali baseSurrey ukuxhasa uMkhosi”.
UMkomishinala ubhalele uMphathiswa wezoPolisa ngalo mba kweyoMnga kwaye ufunge ukuba uzakuqhubeka nokuphembelela urhulumente ukuba afumane inkxaso-mali enobulungisa eSurrey.
Ilungu lobupolisa le-avareji ye-Band D yeBhunga eliyilwayo leRhafu ngoku iya kumiselwa kwi-£323.57, inyuso ye-£13 ngonyaka okanye i-£1.08 ngenyanga. Ilingana malunga nokunyuka kwe-4.2% kuwo onke amabhanti erhafu ebhunga.
Kwiponti nganye yenqanaba lommiselo, amaPolisa aseSurrey axhaswa ngemali eyongezelelweyo isiqingatha sesigidi seeponti kwaye uMkomishinala wabulela abahlali belizwe ngokwahlukana okukhulu kweminikelo yabo yerhafu yebhunga kumagosa asebenza nzima kunye nabasebenzi.
Abahlali bayaphendula
NgoDisemba nangoJanuwari, I-ofisi yoMkomishinala yenze udliwano-ndlebe noluntu. Bangaphezu kwama-3,300 abantu abaphendula uphando ngezimvo zabo.
Abahlali babuzwa ukuba ingaba bangakulungela na ukuhlawula i-£13 eyongezelelweyo ngonyaka kwityala labo lerhafu yebhunga, inani eliphakathi kwe-£10 kunye ne-£13, okanye inani elingaphantsi kwe-£10.
I-41% yabaphenduli bathi baya kuxhasa ukunyuka kwe-£ 13, i-11% ivotele i-£ 12, kwaye i-2% yathi baya kulungiselela ukuhlawula i-£ 11. Enye i-7% ivotele i-£ 10 ngonyaka, ngelixa i-39% eseleyo ikhethe inani elingaphantsi kwe-£ 10.
Abo bathe baphendula kuphando baphinde babuzwa izimvo zabo malunga nemiba kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho abangathanda ukububona Amapolisa eSurrey beka phambili ngo-2024/5. Bakhomba Ukugqekeza, ukuziphatha okuchasene noluntu kunye nolwaphulo-mthetho lweziyobisi njengezona nkalo zintathu zamapolisa abangathanda ukuzibona zigxininiswe kuzo kulo nyaka uzayo.
"Yeyiphi eyona nto ingcono yamapolisa"
Umkomishinala uthe nangona ukunyuka komyalelo kulo nyaka, iPolisa yaseSurrey isafuna ukufumana malunga ne-£ 18m yokulondoloza kwiminyaka emine ezayo kwaye uya kusebenza kunye noMkhosi ukubonelela ngexabiso elifanelekileyo lemali kubahlali.
Umkomishinala uLisa Townsend uthe: “Isicwangciso sikaConstable oyiNtloko sibonisa umbono ocacileyo wento afuna yenziwe nguMkhosi ukubonelela ngenkonzo elindelwe ngabahlali ngokufanelekileyo. Igxininisa koko kwenziwa ngcono ngamapolisa - ukulwa ulwaphulo-mthetho kwiindawo esihlala kuzo, ukubamba aboni kunye nokukhusela abantu.
“Sithethe namakhulu abahlali kwidolophu yonke kwiminyhadala yethu yamva nje kwaye basixelela ngokuvakalayo nangokucacileyo le nto bafuna ukuyibona.
“Bafuna amapolisa abo abekho xa bebafuna, ukuphendula iminxeba yabo yokucela uncedo ngokukhawuleza kwaye bajongane nolwaphulo-mthetho oluchaphazela ubomi babo bemihla ngemihla kwiindawo esihlala kuzo.
Ukunyuswa okucetywayo nguMkomishinala wamapolisa kunye noLwaphulo-mthetho uLisa Townsend kwindawo yamapolisa kwirhafu yebhunga lomrhafi waseSurrey yamkelwe.
“Kungenxa yoko le nto ndikholelwa ukuba ukuxhasa amaqela ethu esipolisa akuzange kubaluleke ngakumbi kunanamhlanje kwaye kufuneka ndiqinisekise ukuba u-Chief Constable unezixhobo ezifanelekileyo zokusa umlo kootsotsi.
“Ngoko ndiyavuya kuba isindululo sam somgaqo siza kuqhubeka – igalelo loluntu lwaseSurrey ngerhafu yebhunga liya kwenza umahluko omkhulu kumagosa ethu asebenza nzima nabasebenzi.
“Andikhohlisi ukuba iindleko zengxaki yokuphila iyaqhubeka nokubeka uxinzelelo olukhulu kwizixhobo zomntu wonke kwaye ukucela imali eluntwini kube nzima kakhulu.
“Kodwa kufuneka ndiyilungelelanise loo nto nokubonelela ngenkonzo yesipolisa esebenzayo ejongana naloo miba, endiyaziyo ukuba ibaluleke kakhulu kuluntu lwethu, entliziyweni yalo ukuba yintoni na.
Ingxelo “engabalulekanga”
“Ndingathanda ukubulela wonke umntu othathe ixesha lokuzalisa uphando lwethu kwaye asinike iimbono zabo malunga nomsebenzi wamapolisa eSurrey. Bangaphezu kwama-3,300 abantu abathathe inxaxheba kwaye abandinikanga nje izimvo zabo kuhlahlo lwabiwo-mali kodwa nokuba yeyiphi imimandla abafuna ukubona amaqela ethu egxile kuyo, nto leyo exabiseke kakhulu ekuqulunqeni izicwangciso zamapolisa ukuya phambili.
“Sikwafumene amagqabantshintshi angaphaya kwe-1,600 ngezihloko ezahlukeneyo, eziya kuthi zincede ekwaziseni iincoko zeofisi yam noMbutho ngezinto ezibalulekileyo kubahlali bethu.
“Amapolisa aseSurrey asebenze nzima kakhulu ukuba angapheleli nje ekufezekiseni injongo karhulumente yamagosa ongezelelweyo, nto leyo ethetha ukuba uMkhosi unawona magosa kwimbali yawo eziindaba ezimnandi.
"Isigqibo sanamhlanje siza kuthetha ukuba banokufumana inkxaso efanelekileyo yokuhambisa isicwangciso sikaConstable kunye nokwenza uluntu lwethu lukhuseleke ngakumbi kubahlali bethu."