Community Safety
What is the police-to-population ratio at the (a) Wellington, (b) Mbekweni, (c) Gouda, (d) Paarl East and (e) Paarl police stations?
The South African Police services informed me as follows:
10. (a) 1: 746
(b) 1: 771
(c) N/A (Satellite station of Tulbagh
(d) 1: 784
(e) 1: 318
The police to population ratios are calculated utilising all police officials, excluding civilians, including support personnel, hence the smaller ratios. These figures represent the basic calculation of the ratio, (ie population size/ police population); however, depending on one’s interpretation of what the police to population ratio is, there are other factors which must be considered when calculating same.
These ratios exclude units and components that deliver specialized services to communities across the board in the Western Cape including:
- Provincial Head Quarters
- Cluster Offices
- Cluster operational capacity and tracing teams
- K9 Dog Units
- Flying Squad
- Mounted Unit
- 10111 Command Centre
- Vehicle Identification Section
- Vehicle Crime Investigation Section
- Protection Services
- Firearm Registration Centre
- Public Order Policing Unit
- Tactical Response Unit
- Operational Coordination Centre
- Stock Theft Unit
- Family, Child and Sexual Offences Unit
- Anti-Corruption Unit
- Provincial Organised Crime
- Provincial Commercial Crime
- Crime Intelligence
- Directorate Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI)
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