Police Oversight and Community Safety:
Question by:
Hon Ricardo Mackenzie
Answered by:
Hon Reagen Allen
Question Number:
19
Question Body:
With respect to firearms recovered by the SAPS:
(a) How many firearms have been recovered over the last two years and (b) how many of those were recovered by (i) the City of Cape Town’s law enforcement units and (ii) LEAP officers?
Answer Body:
[a] 2020/2021: 831
2021/2022: 1 254
[b] [i]&[ii] The system from which the figures are obtained does not differentiate between firearms recovered by SAPS and any other law enforcement agency.
Date:
Friday, May 6, 2022
