Community Safety
Question by:
Hon Ricardo Mackenzie
Answered by:
Hon Albert Fritz
Question Number:
5
Question Body:
- How many police firearms were (a) stolen in the Western Cape and (b) recovered (i) at the Mitchells Plain police station, (ii) at the Lentegeur police station and (iii) in the Western Cape as a whole in the (aa) 2017/18, (bb) 2018/19 and (cc) 2019/20 financial years;
- (a) how many police officials were charged for losing or misplacing their firearms (i) at the Mitchells Plain police station, (ii) at the Lentegeur police station and (iii) in the Western Cape as a whole in the (aa) 2017/18, (bb) 2018/19 and (cc) 2019/20 financial years and (b) how many officials were (i) dismissed and (ii) found not guilty during the same period?
Answer Body:
The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
- (1) (a) (aa) (i) 15
(ii) 0
(iii) 65
(bb)(i) 1
(ii) 0
(iii) 40
(cc)(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 38
(b) (aa)(i) 2
(ii) 0
(iii) 38
(bb)(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 26
(cc)(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 30
- (a) (aa)(i) 14
(ii) 0
(iii) 29
(bb)(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 13
(cc)(i) 0
(ii) 0
(iii) 19
(b) (aa)(i) 5
(ii) 4
(bb)(i) 0
(ii) 8
(cc)(i) 0
(ii) 4
Date:
Friday, August 28, 2020
