Community Safety
With respect to the Family, Children and Sexual Offences (FCS) Unit of the SAPS:
(1) For every police station in the Western Cape, (a) what is the average waiting time an alleged rape victim would have to wait before FCS members arrive at the specific station where the victim lodged the case and (b) how many FCS members have been trained specifically to deal with sexual offences;
(2) whether there are annual assessments mandatory for the members working in the unit; if so, what are the relevant details;
(3) (a) what is the current number of members per unit in the province and (b) to which stations are each of the 25 FCS units allocated?
The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):
17. [1] (a] One hour
[b] 270
[2] Yes
Quarterly individual performance evaluations, as well as monthly, quarterly and annual inspections.
[3]
[a] [b]
|
FCS Unit |
Members |
Station serviced |
|
Beaufort West |
6 |
Beaufort West Leeu Gamka Murraysburg Prince Albert |
|
Bellville |
7 |
Bellville Bothasig Goodwood Parow |
|
FCS Unit |
Members |
Station serviced |
|
Bishop Lavis |
10 |
Bishop Lavis Elsies River Langa |
|
Caledon |
6 |
Caledon Genadendal Riviersonderend Villiersdorp Grabouw |
|
Cape Town |
7 |
Camps Bay Cape Town Central Kensington Maitland Pinelands Sea Point Table Bay Harbour Woodstock |
|
Ceres |
10 |
Ceres Prince Alfred Hamlet Wolseley Tulbagh Portville Saron |
|
Claremont |
3 |
Claremont Mowbray Rondebosch |
|
Da Gamaskop |
9 |
Albertinia Da Gamaskop Groot Brakrivier Heidelberg Kwanonqaba Mossel Bay Riversdale Still Bay |
|
Delft FCS |
13 |
Belhar Bellville Delft Ravensmead |
|
George |
16 |
George Conville Thembalethu Pacaltsdorp Knysna Kwanokuthula Pletternberg Bay |
|
Hermanus |
7 |
Bredasdorp Gans Bay Hermanus Kleinmond Napier Standford Struisbaai |
|
FCS Unit |
Members |
Station serviced |
|
Khayelitsha |
22 |
Gordon’s Bay Harare Khayelitsha Lingelethu West Lwandle Macassar Somerset West Strand |
|
Kraaifontein |
10 |
Brackenfell Durbanville Kraaifontein |
|
Kuilsrivier |
7 |
Kleinvlei Kuilsrivier Mfuleni |
|
Milnerton |
7 |
Atlantis Melkbosstrand Milnerton Table View |
|
Mitchells Plain |
11 |
Lentegeur Mitchells Plain Strandfontein |
|
Muizenberg |
5 |
Muizenberg Fish Hoek Simons Town Ocean View Hout Bay |
|
Nyanga |
26 |
Athlone Gugulethu Lansdowne Manenberg Nyanga Philippi Philippi East Samora Machel |
|
Oudtshoorn |
11 |
Calitzdorp De Rust Dysselsdorp Ladismith Oudtshoorn Uniondale |
|
Paarl |
18 |
Malmesbury Philadelphia Riebeek West Mbekweni Wellington Paarl Paarl East |
|
Stellenbosch |
6 |
Stellenbosch Cloetesville Franschhoek Groot-Drakenstein Klapmuts |
|
FCS Unit |
Members |
Station serviced |
|
Vredenburg |
7 |
Eendekuil Hopefield Darling Laaiplek Langebaan Piketberg Redelinghuys Saldanha St Helena Bay Vredenburg Moorreesburg |
|
Vredendal |
5 |
Citrusdal Clanwilliam Doring Bay Elands Bay Graafwater Klawer Lamberts Bay Lutzville Nuwerus Van Rhynsdorp Vredendal |
|
Worcester |
20 |
Touwsrivier De Doorns Rawsonville Worcester Robertson McGregor Ashton Bonnievale Montagu Barrydale Suurbraak Swellendam Laingsburg |
|
Wynberg |
5 |
Wynberg Steenberg Kirstenhof Grassy Park Diep River |
|
SECI |
7 |
All stations |
