Acting Minister of Community Safety:
With regard to the SAPS’s Cape Town Flying Squad:
(1) (a) What is the (i) granted and (ii) actual number of vehicles allocated to the Flying Squad per district in the last three years and (b) how many of the vehicles are in service;
(2) how many (a) staff members are employed at the Flying Squad and (b) are required to be on duty during any given shift;
(3) how many cases of absenteeism has the Flying Squad experienced every month in the last three years?
(1) (a) (i) 2019/2020 – 45
2020/2021 – 46
2021/2022 – 48
(ii) 2019/2020 – 70
2020/2021 – 69
2021/2022 – 69
Note: These are the figures for Maitland Flying Squad. The rural flying squad members are assigned to cluster.
(b) 48
(2) (a) 174 SAPS Act members
(b) 30 members per shift
(3)
|
Month |
2019 |
2020 |
2021 |
|
January |
176 |
233 |
141 |
|
February |
159 |
211 |
121 |
|
March |
210 |
224 |
149 |
|
April |
156 |
47 |
119 |
|
May |
196 |
227 |
158 |
|
June |
155 |
200 |
122 |
|
July |
232 |
207 |
239 |
|
August |
181 |
190 |
207 |
|
September |
197 |
173 |
127 |
|
October |
180 |
186 |
132 |
|
November |
221 |
194 |
165 |
|
December |
282 |
221 |
243 |
Note: The table depicts the number of absenteeism days (all categories of sick leave) and not the number of personnel which was absent, i.e. if a member was absent for 2 days it will reflect as 2.
