"Crime rates in the city are rising at an alarming rate and here in Gerehu, it is also the same issue." Gerehu Police Station Commander, Inspector Hanson Tokally said that the main reason why crime rates are high in the suburb is because there is not enough manpower and resources available. “We currently have one vehicle that we use for attending to complaints in the community.” “In the last month, we had 3 carjacking that we attended to.” “I only have 20men and where we a supposed to have atleast 10 men to a shift, we only have 3-4 men for each shift.” PSC Tokally said that most times, carjacking happens in the residential streets in the early hours of the morning or late in the night when criminals know that police response will be slow. He added that community policing is important in all communities however they are struggling to engage with the community and carry out awareness as there is only one officer in that section. Police try to carry out awareness programs in the main areas such as the 24hr market, Waikele and the main bus stop area on the different types of crimes such as sexual crimes and murder and the penalties for those type of crimes. Tokally further stated that they also carry out awareness on alcohol abuse and drug abuse for youths as this is one of the main contributing factors that lead to the rise in crimes in the suburb.