Police Oversight and Community Safety
(a) What is the number of visits to police stations that were undertaken by his Department in (i) 2014, (ii) 2015, (iii) 2016, (iv) 2017, (v) 2018, (vi) 2019, (vii) 2020, (viii) 2021 and (ix) 2022 to date, (b) what are the details of stations visited and (c) what were the issues that were picked up?
[a]
|
|
Financial year |
Number of visits |
|
[i] |
2013/14 |
56 |
|
[ii] |
2014/15 |
104 |
|
[iii] |
2015/16 |
96 |
|
[iv] |
2016/17 |
88 |
|
[v] |
2017/18 |
125 |
|
[vi] |
2018/19 |
150 |
|
[vii] |
2019/20 |
151 |
|
[viii] |
2020/21 |
151 |
|
[ix] |
2021/22 |
151 |
[b]
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
1 |
Beaufort West |
Tel: 023 414 8820 |
Beaufort West |
Beaufort West |
Central Karoo |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
2 |
Laingsburg |
Tel: 023 551 8200 |
Beaufort West |
Laingsburg |
Central Karoo |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
3 |
Leeu-Gamka |
Tel No: 023 521 8000 |
Beaufort West |
Prince Albert |
Central Karoo |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
4 |
Murraysburg |
Tel No: 049 844 6500 |
Beaufort West |
Beaufort West |
Central Karoo |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
5 |
Prince Albert |
Tel No: 023 541 8000 |
Beaufort West |
Prince Albert |
Central Karoo |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
6 |
Belhar |
Tel No: 21 953 8100 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
7 |
Bellville South |
Tel No: 021 950 1306 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
8 |
Delft |
Tel No: 021 954 9000 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
9 |
Kleinvlei |
Tel No: 021 902 8310 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
10 |
Kuils River |
Tel No: 021 900 2824 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
11 |
Mfuleni |
Tel No: 021 909 9540 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
12 |
Ravensmead |
Tel No: 21 933 9000 |
Blue Downs |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
13 |
Camps Bay |
Tel No: 021 437 8150 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
14 |
Cape Town Central |
Tel No: 021 467 8078 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
15 |
Kensington |
Tel No: 021 594 7020 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
16 |
Langa |
Tel No: 021 695 8000 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
17 |
Maitland |
Tel No: 021 506 9401 236 Voortrekker Road |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
18 |
Pinelands |
Tel No: 021 506 2022 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
19 |
Sea Point |
Tel No: 021 430 3700 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
20 |
Table Bay Harbour |
Tel No: 021 403 1000
|
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
21 |
Woodstock |
Tel No: 021 442 3100 |
Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
22 |
Cloetesville |
Tel No: 021 888 5940 |
Cape Winelands |
Stellenbosch |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
23 |
Franschhoek |
Tel No: 021 876 8061/6 Berg Street |
Cape Winelands |
Stellenbosch |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
24 |
Groot Drakenstein |
Tel No: 021 874 8000 |
Cape Winelands |
Stellenbosch |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
25 |
Klapmuts |
Tel No: 021 875 8000 |
Cape Winelands |
Stellenbosch |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
26 |
Mbekweni |
Tel No:021 868 9900 |
Cape Winelands |
Drakenstein |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
27 |
Paarl |
Tel No: 021 807 4000 |
Cape Winelands |
Drakenstein |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
28 |
Paarl East |
Tel No: 021 877 5900 |
Cape Winelands |
Drakenstein |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
29 |
Stellenbosch |
Tel No: 021 809 5015 |
Cape Winelands |
Stellenbosch |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Brigadier |
|
|
30 |
Wellington |
Tel No: 021 864 8440 |
Cape Winelands |
Drakenstein |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
31 |
Albertinia |
Tel No: 028 735 8040 |
Da Gamaskop |
Hessequa |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
32 |
Barrydale |
Tel No: 028 572 1001 |
Da Gamaskop |
Swellendam |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
33 |
Da Gamaskop |
Tel No. 04 606 2200 1 Mossel Street |
Da Gamaskop |
Mossel Bay |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
34 |
Groot Brakrivier |
Tel No :044 620 8300 |
Da Gamaskop |
Mossel Bay |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
35 |
Heidelberg |
Tel No: 028 722 1910 |
Da Gamaskop |
Hessequa |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
36 |
KwaNonqaba |
Tel No:044 606 5600 |
Da Gamaskop |
Mossel Bay |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
37 |
Mossel Bay |
Tel No:044 606 2805 |
Da Gamaskop |
Mossel Bay |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
38 |
Riversdale |
Tel No:028 713 8500 |
Da Gamaskop |
Hessequa |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
39 |
Stillbaai |
Tel No: 028 754 6100 |
Da Gamaskop |
Hessequa |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
40 |
Suurbraak |
Tel No: 28 522 8000 |
Da Gamaskop |
Swellendam |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
41 |
Swellendam |
Tel No: 028 514 8100
|
Da Gamaskop |
Swellendam |
Overberg |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
42 |
Calitzdorp |
Tel No: 044 213 8800 |
Eden |
Kannaland |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
43 |
Conville |
Tel No: 044 803 3300 |
Eden |
George |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
44 |
De Rust |
Tel No: 044 241 8800 1 Hope Street |
Eden |
Oudtshoorn |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
45 |
Dysselsdorp |
Tel No: 044 251 8400 |
Eden |
Oudtshoorn |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
46 |
George |
Tel No: 044 803 4733 |
Eden |
George |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Brigadier |
|
|
47 |
Knysna |
Tel No: 044 302 6600 |
Eden |
Knysna |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
48 |
KwaNokuthula |
Tel No: 044 533 2145 |
Eden |
Knysna |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
49 |
Ladismith |
Tel No: 028 551 8100 / 082 778 6683 |
Eden |
Kannaland |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
50 |
Oudtshoorn |
Tel No: 044 203 9000 |
Eden |
Oudtshoorn |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Brigadier |
|
|
51 |
Pacaltsdorp |
Tel No: 044 803 9106 |
Eden |
George |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
52 |
Plettenberg Bay |
Tel No: 044 501 1908 |
Eden |
Bitou |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
53 |
Thembalethu |
Tel No: 044 802 8922 |
Eden |
George |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
54 |
Uniondale |
Tel No: 044 752 6600 |
Eden |
George |
Eden / Garden Route |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
55 |
Gordons Bay |
Tel No: 021 856 1207 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
56 |
Harare |
Tel No: 021 363 9000 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
57 |
Khayelitsha [Site B] |
Tel No: 021 360 2375 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
58 |
Lingelethu West |
Tel No: 021 361 1785 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
West Coast |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
59 |
Lwandle |
Tel No: 021 845 2060 / 082 522 1916 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
60 |
Macassar |
Tel No: 021 857 7100 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
61 |
Somerset West |
Tel No: 021 850 1303 |
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
62 |
Strand |
Tel No: 021 854 9100
|
Khayelitsha |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
63 |
Atlantis |
Tel No: 021 571 8500 |
Milnerton |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
64 |
Darling |
Tel No: 022 409 1300 |
Milnerton |
Swartland |
West Coast |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
65 |
Malmesbury |
Tel No: 022 482 7500 |
Milnerton |
Swartland |
West Coast |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
66 |
Melkbosstrand |
Tel No: 021 553 8200 |
Milnerton |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
67 |
Milnerton |
Tel No: 021 528 3800 |
Milnerton |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
68 |
Moorreesburg |
Tel No: 022 433 8660 |
Milnerton |
Swartland |
West Coast |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
69 |
Philadelphia |
Tel No: 021 972 1613 |
Milnerton |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
70 |
Riebeek West |
Tel No: 022 461 8100 |
Milnerton |
Swartland |
West Coast |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
71 |
Table View |
Tel No: 021 521 3300 |
Milnerton |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
72 |
Athlone |
Tel No: 021 697 9200 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
73 |
Grassy Park |
Tel No: 021 700 3900 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
74 |
Lansdowne |
Tel No: 021 700 9000 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
75 |
Lentegeur |
Tel No: 021 377 5008 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
76 |
Mitchells Plain |
Tel No: 021 370 1706 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
77 |
Philippi |
Tel No: 021 690 1500 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
78 |
Steenberg |
Tel No: 021 702 9000 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
79 |
Strandfontein |
Tel No: 021 370 1500 |
Mitchells Plain |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
80 |
Bishop Lavis |
Tel No: 021 935 9802 |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
81 |
Elsies River |
Tel No: 021 928 1400 |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
82 |
Gugulethu |
Tel No: 021 684 2300 |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
83 |
Manenberg |
Tel No: 021 699 9400
|
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
84 |
Nyanga |
Tel No: 021 380 3300 / |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
85 |
Philippi East |
Tel No: 021 370 1900 |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
86 |
Samora Machel |
Tel No: 021 380 3479 |
Nyanga |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
87 |
Bredasdorp |
Tel No: 028 425 5400 |
Overberg |
Cape Agulhas |
Overberg |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
88 |
Caledon |
Tel No: 028 214 3900 |
Overberg |
Theewaterskloof |
Overberg |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
89 |
Gansbaai |
Tel No: 028 384: 0201 |
Overberg |
Overstrand |
Overberg |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
90 |
Genadendal |
Tel No:028 251 1000 |
Overberg |
Theewaterskloof |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
91 |
Grabouw |
Tel No: 021 859 7700 |
Overberg |
Theewaterskloof |
Overberg |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
92 |
Hermanus |
Tel No: 028 313 5300 |
Overberg |
Overstrand |
Overberg |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
93 |
Kleinmond |
Tel No: 028 271 8200 |
Overberg |
Overstrand |
Overberg |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
94 |
Napier |
Tel No: 028 423 8000 |
Overberg |
Cape Agulhas |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
95 |
Riviersonderend |
Tel No: 028 261 8040 |
Overberg |
Theewaterskloof |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
96 |
Stanford |
Tel No: 028 341 0601 |
Overberg |
Overstrand |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
97 |
Struisbaai |
Tel No: 028 435 6440 / 082 778 6764 |
Overberg |
Cape Agulhas |
Overberg |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
98 |
Villiersdorp |
Tel No:028 840 8000 |
Overberg |
Theewaterskloof |
Overberg |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
99 |
Bellville |
Tel No: 021 918 3000 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
100 |
Bothasig |
Tel No: 021 559 9400 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
101 |
Brackenfell |
Tel No: 021 980 5729 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
102 |
Durbanville |
Tel No: 021 970 3800 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
103 |
Goodwood |
Tel No: 021 592 4430 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
104 |
Kraaifontein |
Tel No: 021 980 5533
|
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
|
|
105 |
Parow |
Tel No: 021 929 7000 |
Tygerberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
106 |
Eendekuil |
Tel No: 022 942 1600 |
Vredenburg |
Bergrivier |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
107 |
Hopefield |
Tel No. 022 723 8000 |
Vredenburg |
Saldanha Bay |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
108 |
Laaiplek |
Tel No: 022 783 8020 |
Vredenburg |
Bergrivier |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
109 |
Langebaan |
Tel No: 022 707 5140 |
Vredenburg |
Saldanha Bay |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
110 |
Piketberg |
Tel No:022 913 8800 |
Vredenburg |
Bergrivier |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
111 |
Porterville |
Tel No: 022 931 8700 |
Vredenburg |
Bergrivier |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
112 |
Redelinghuys |
Tel No: 022 962 1675 |
Vredenburg |
Bergrivier |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
113 |
Saldanha Bay |
Tel No: 022 714 8333 |
Vredenburg |
Saldanha Bay |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
114 |
St Helena Bay |
Tel No. 022 736 8060 |
Vredenburg |
Saldanha Bay |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
115 |
Vredenburg |
Tel No: 022 703 6453 |
Vredenburg |
Saldanha Bay |
West Coast |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
116 |
Citrusdal |
Tel No. 022 921 8400 |
Vredendal |
Cederberg |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
117 |
Clanwilliam |
Tel No. 027 482 8180 |
Vredendal |
Cederberg |
West Coast |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
118 |
Doringbaai |
Tel No: 027 215 1021 |
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
119 |
Elandsbaai |
Tel No: 022 972 8000 |
Vredendal |
Cederberg |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
120 |
Graafwater |
Tel No:027 422 1122 |
Vredendal |
Cederberg |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
121 |
Klawer |
Tel No: 027 216 8060 |
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
122 |
Lambertsbaai |
Tel No: 027 432 8260 |
Vredendal |
Cederberg |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
123 |
Lutzville |
Tel No: 027 121 7400 |
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
124 |
Nuwerus |
Tel No: 027 643 2011 |
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
125 |
Van Rhynsdorp |
Tel No: 027 219 8020
|
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
126 |
Vredendal |
Tel No: 027 201 3200 |
Vredendal |
Matzikama |
West Coast |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
127 |
Ashton |
Tel No:023 615 8120 |
Worcester |
Langeberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
128 |
Bonnievale |
Tel No: 023 616 8060 |
Worcester |
Langeberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
129 |
Ceres |
Tel No:023 316 8600 |
Worcester |
Witzenberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
130 |
De Doorns |
Tel No: 023 356 4020 |
Worcester |
Breede Valley |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
131 |
McGregor |
Tel No.023 625 8000 |
Worcester |
Langeberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
132 |
Montagu |
Tel No:023 614 8300 |
Worcester |
Langeberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
133 |
Prince Alfred Hamlet |
Tel No: 023 313 3133 |
Worcester |
Witzenberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
134 |
Rawsonville |
Tel No: 023 349 8300 |
Worcester |
Breede Valley |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
135 |
Robertson |
Tel No: 023 626 8340 |
Worcester |
Langeberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Colonel |
|
|
136 |
Saron |
Tel No:023 240 8000 |
Worcester |
Drakenstein |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
137 |
Touwsriver |
Tel No: 023 358 8000 |
Worcester |
Breede Valley |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
138 |
Tulbagh |
Tel No: 023 230 8100 |
Worcester |
Witzenberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
139 |
Wolseley |
Tel No: 023 231 8000 |
Worcester |
Witzenberg |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Captain |
|
|
140 |
Worcester |
Tel No: 023 348 8600 |
Worcester |
Breederivier |
Cape Winelands |
Rural |
Brigadier |
|
|
141 |
Claremont |
Tel No: 021 657 2240 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
142 |
Diep River |
Tel No. 021 710 7300 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
143 |
Fish Hoek |
Tel No: 021 784 2700 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
144 |
Hout Bay |
Tel No: 021 791 9300 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
145 |
Kirstenhof |
Tel No: 021 702 9122 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
146 |
Mowbray |
Tel No: 021 680 9580
|
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
147 |
Muizenberg |
Tel No: 021 787 9000 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Colonel |
|
|
No |
Police Station |
Contact Details / Address |
Police Cluster |
Local Municipality |
District Municipality |
Urban/Rural |
Police Station Category |
|
|
148 |
Ocean View |
Tel No: 021 783 8306 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Lieutenant Colonel |
|
|
149 |
Rondebosch |
Tel No: 021 685 7345 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
150 |
Simon's Town |
Tel No: 021 786 8646 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Captain |
|
|
151 |
Wynberg |
Tel No: 021 799 1380 |
Wynberg |
City of Cape Town |
City of Cape Town |
Urban |
Brigadier |
[c] A summary of the key issues observed during the police stations visited and assessed per financial year are presented below.
1] 2014/15 Financial Year
During 2014/15 financial year, the country experienced frequent loadshedding spells. The Department of Community Safety subsequently, conducted an assessment on the working condition of the power generators as alternative power supply at sampled police stations. The assessment included the impact of power outages on rendering services to the local communities. The findings of the assessment indicated that most of the police stations had functional power generators. Thus, the critical service at the police station continued to be rendered during the power outages.
2] 2015/16 Financial Year
In 2015/16 financial year the focus for the police stations assessment was on domestic violence. Contrary to the expectation and requirements of the National Instruction 7/1999, not all the stations assessed had updated station orders. Furthermore, copies of the protection orders were neither available in the Community Service Centres [CSC] at certain stations, nor filed in alphabetical order.
The prescribed monitoring tool of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service [CSPS] was used to assess the 5-day domestic violence training course for the previous 12 months. It was found that there were low numbers of SAPS members trained on the 5-day domestic violence course. The process to register a domestic violence incident is specific. At best it can include registering of a criminal case, at worse, it can exclude registering a criminal case. This is dependent on the complainant. Furthermore, there are SAPS registers and forms that need to be completed for domestic violence cases. These registers and forms must align to one other. At some stations, there was no proper alignment of registers and forms i.e. administrative non-compliance.
Furthermore, the Department continued to assess the impact of loadshedding, by assessing the working conditions of power generators as alternative power supply for the police stations. The findings showed that most of the police stations had functional power generators to ensure continuity in terms of rendering services of critical areas of the police station during the power outages.
Finally, the inspection established that most of the police stations had adequate access for people with disabilities visiting the police stations. Visitors can easily move from the parking area to the CSC.
3] 2016/17 Financial Year
During this period of review, police stations were assessed on domestic violence compliance at the station. The challenge of incomplete records on protection orders remained for certain police stations. The prescribed monitoring tool of the CSPS was used to monitor domestic violence compliance. The 5-day domestic violence training for 12 months was undertaken, but few members were trained. The misalignment of domestic registers and forms was also evident during this reporting period.
4] 2017/18 Financial year
For the 2017/18 financial year, the monitoring of police stations on domestic violence confirmed the trend observed in the previous years. The misalignment of domestic violence registers and forms and the proportionally lower percentages of police members trained in the 5-day domestic violence course continued. The latter was evident at the bigger police stations than in the smaller police stations. Traditionally, there is a higher number of domestic violence incidents [and criminal cases] registered at the bigger stations, namely at, Colonel and Brigadier stations, hence the training of SAPS members on the domestic violence course should be targeted at the bigger stations.
The 2017/18 financial year, police station inspections revealed a combination of police station with good detention facilities and holding cells and police stations with holding cells or detention cells that need repairs.
Some of the Designated Second-hand Goods Officers [DSOs] appointed per police stations were trained. However, there was inconsistency in issuing appointment certificates to these trainees and not all police stations visited had appointed DSOs.
Over the reporting period, there were police stations that did not have special interview rooms for suspects or complainants. Furthermore, there were police stations that did not have adequate storeroom/ archives for dockets. The training of detectives varied. Evidently, not all detectives were trained in the Basic Detective Learning Programme and the Resolving of Crime training.
Inadequate human resources and poor condition of the vehicles were cited as a challenge. There were police stations that had vehicles in state garages for repairs, thus hampering service delivery. Finally, poor communication and unacceptable behaviour by SAPS members were retrieved from the registers.
5] 2018/19 financial Year
In the 2018/19 financial year, all 150 police stations then in the Western Cape were monitored for Domestic Violence Act [DVA] compliance and general inspections via the National Monitoring Tool [NMT].
Key issues identified for the domestic violence compliance for 2018/19 was as follow:
- A total of 65 police stations achieved 100% in terms of serving protection orders, 29 stations served 70-89% and 20 stations achieved a serving rate of 90-99%,
- Detectives from 91 police stations and VISPOL members from 51 police stations attended the 5-day domestic violence training course. However, not every detective at these police stations attended the course,
- All 150 police stations had Victim Friendly Rooms [VFR]. A total of 143 did not have sufficient trained volunteers to support victims of violent crime via the VFR.
Police station inspections showed inconsistency in the training of Designated Second-hand Good Officers [DSO] at the stations being monitored. At most police stations, the second-hand goods dealers’ forum did not exist. Where they existed, there was a small number of dealers/recyclers that were part of the forum.
In terms of attending to complaints, as measured in terms of adhering to reaction times. There were police stations that did not meet the reaction time targets.
The Investigation Case Docket Management System [ICDMS] is a crucial system for docket management as case dockets need to be scanned to the system. At the time of inspection there were police stations, where the system was not functioning optimally.
Finally, it was established that most of the detectives in the police stations were not trained in the Resolving of Crime course.
6] 2019/20 Financial Year
In line with the emphasis placed on Gender-Based Violence [GBV], the SAPS responsibilities to comply with the DVA and SAPS National Instruction 7/1999 became critically important. The national priority on the safeguarding of women and children required the SAPS to ensure that their members are suitably trained on the DVA.
In terms of the 5-day DVA training course , half of the VISPOL members of the stations inspected had two [2] in five [5] of the members trained. Furthermore, the misalignment of domestic violence registers and forms was evident at some of the stations visited.
More than a third of the police stations did not have the required copies of protection orders available at all hours in their respective CSC. Few police stations were able to serve all the protection orders accordingly.
The police stations visited had insufficient number of trained volunteers to support the victims of crime in their respective VFRs.
Furthermore, the Department of Community Safety visited 23 police stations in the Western Cape to determine the implementation of the DNA Act, 2013 in terms of taking of buccal samples; storage of DNA reference buccal samples; compliance inspections conducted; training; challenges and the availability of DNA Buccal sample [DB] kits at these stations. Twenty-one of these stations were the murder priority police stations in the province.
Gender sensitivity: In order to ensure that the dignity of the person from whom the DNA reference sample is collected is not violated, it is recommended that the member collecting the samples should be of the same gender. A total of 23 [91%] of the police stations confirmed that the buccal samples were always collected by the person of the same gender.
Laboratory reports from Forensic Science Laboratory [FSL]: The DNA Regulations require that the FSL should perform forensic DNA examination on all buccal reference samples received from the station within 30 days. A total of 9[39.1%] of the stations were not satisfied with the FSL turn-around time.
DNA sample collection training: Ideally all detectives should be trained in collecting of buccal samples to ensure the successful conviction of a case. The assessment found that a total of 64% of detectives were trained in collecting buccal samples from suspects at the police station sampled.
Shortage and availability of DNA reference buccal kits: At the time of the visit,10 [43.5%] police stations did not have any buccal collection kits available in their stores. Three [13.0%] police stations had less than five [5] kits available. Finally, 4.3% had more than 15 kits available to comply with the DNA Act, 2013 regarding the collection of buccal samples to all schedule eight [8] offences.
7] 2020/21 Financial Year
In terms of the custody management, police station inspections revealed that the majority of the police stations assessed had holding cells.
In terms of sector policing, the majority of police stations met their set targets as set out in the efficiency index system. There were few police stations that experienced challenges regarding meeting their complaints response time target. Encouragingly, these stations put measures in place to remedy the situation. These measures include data integrity monitoring by the Management Information Official [MIO].
The Department conducted an oversight visit at 27 police stations. It was established that five [5] of the 27 police stations were operating from leased buildings and 22 of the 27 police stations were operating from state owned buildings. Of the 27 police stations, 25 had trained Designated Firearm Officers [DFOs] and only two [2] police station officers were yet to be trained. Encouragingly, all visited police stations had operational VFRs to assist victims of crime, in particular domestic violence survivors. All police stations indicated that these VFRs are accessible 24/7.
Over the reporting period, an assessment of the SAPS’ response to COVID-19 was done in 132 of the 151 police stations in the province, covering 15 police clusters from April 2020 to March 2021. Overall, SAPS as a frontline service responded, complied satisfactory to the COVID -19 regulations.
Table 1: The SAPS response to managing COVID-19 pandemic at police station level
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Theme |
Findings Per Identified Theme |
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All 132 [100%] of the police stations reported that everyone including their members was sanitised whenever visiting or entering the building; |
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All 132 [100%] of the police station maintained that all their members were wearing their issued PPEs at all times at the station when on duty; |
|
A total of 122 [91.7%] of the police station reported that they had floor markings to ensure social distances in the queues for people visiting the stations; |
|
A total of 130 [97.7%] of the stations reported that they had registers at the CSC to record all people visiting the stations daily; |
|
Theme |
Findings Per Identified Theme |
|
A total of 93 [69.9%] of the police stations reported that they had Station Orders in relation to COVID-19 activities; |
|
A total of 124 [93.2%] of the police stations reported that they had an officially appointed designated officer to coordinate the enforcement of DMA regulations and other COVID-19 activities at the station; |
|
A total of 128 [97%] of the stations reported that their detention facilities were regularly sanitised at different intervals depending on the use thereof. The figure excludes the three [3] stations where there were no detention facilities [Elands Bay; KwaNonqaba and Lingelethu West. |
8] 2021/22 Financial Year
In the 2021/22 financial year, the effectiveness of investigation of house-breaking and robbery and cases by detectives at police stations in the Western Cape was conducted. Participants expressed concerns about poor investigation, poor feedback on the investigation of their cases, and finally they indicated that at times there was no investigation done by the detectives at all.
In terms of custody management the police station inspections revealed that there are few police stations that did not have holding cells, namely, Kleinvlei, Claremont, Darling, Ocean View and Stellenbosch. Belhar police station did not have detention cells. Kirstenhof and Cloetesville did not have both holding and detention cells. The buildings housing these police stations are either leased or state owned. By implication, these police stations need to arrange for their detainees to be transported to a neighbouring police station that has the required cells. Such shortfall has resource implications particularly on the complaints/ sector vehicle because it must transport the detainees, thus unavailable to patrol and attend to complaints.
Sector policing was partially implemented in some police stations, mainly due to the lack of human resources. In this context, some of these police stations were unable to meet their target in terms of Alpha, Bravo and Charlie complaints.
In line with the focus on measuring the service rendered to victims of domestic violence, the SAPS questionnaire developed to measure SAPS service victims of domestic violence was administered at eight [8] police stations. A total of 74 victims of domestic violence were randomly sampled and interviewed. The results showed that 54 [73%] of the victims of domestic violence rated SAPS performance as poor, 14 [18%] rated it as being average and 6 [8.1%] rated as excellent.
9] 2022/23 Financial Year
At the time of compiling the current response, the Department of Community Safety had visited two [2] police stations namely, Atlantis and Kraaifontein in May 2022 for domestic violence compliance and police station inspections.
Preliminary results indicates that sector policing is implemented in both police stations. However, the response time to complaints has been a challenge for both police stations. Kraaifontein police station did not meet all the three [3] complaints categories such as Alpha, Bravo and Charlie in terms of its response time. The Atlantis police station only met the Charlie complaints category. The challenge experienced by both police stations in implementing sector policing is largely due to inadequate resources [human and vehicle]. In addition, a lack of collaboration with other law enforcement agencies and sprawling informal settlements make it difficult for the police to respond to complaints swiftly.
Infrastructure: Both police stations operate in state owned buildings and have operational Closed- Circuit Television [CCTV] cameras installed. Atlantis police station has 16 CCTV cameras whilst Kraaifontein has six [6] CCTV cameras.
Regulatory compliance for DVA: In both police stations, the list of organisations and services namely, DVA Form 1, and copies of protection orders were available at the CSC. There were challenges with serving protection orders in both police stations. In both police stations, all domestic violence forms and registers were aligned at the time of the visit. Inconsistency was identified in terms of reporting members who are alleged domestic violence offenders on a monthly basis in Atlantis for the period of January to March 2022.
Victim Friendly Room [VFR]: Both police stations have operational VFRs which are accessible for persons living with disabilities. The Atlantis police station has a total number of eight [8] volunteers. Seven [7] of these are active but none received training. Kraaifontein police station has seven [7] trained volunteers to support the VFRs.
