Cape Town mayor welcomes Cachalia’s willingness to consider devolution of policing powers [SOUND]

# Cape Town mayor Geordin Hill-Lewis welcomes acting national Police minister Firoz Cachalia’s willingness to consider the extension of investigative powers to metro police and law enforcement. The metro has been fighting to assume a degree of control over the police directly, with enhanced abilities to shape policy and accountability. Hill-Lewis says with the call for the devolution of certain policing powers, the metro is seeking more powers for municipal police staff: