Community Safety
Question by:
Hon Mireille Wenger
Answered by:
Hon Daniel Plato
Question Number:
2
Question Body:
How many (a) policing sectors are there in the (i) Western Cape and (ii) City of Cape Town and (b) how many of the sectors in (i) and (ii) are patrolled 24 hours a day, seven days a week, with two VISPOL vans per shifts?
Answer Body:
The South African Police Services informed me as follows:
(a)(i) 432
(ii) 8
(b)(i) 432 Sectors are patrolled in terms of the CTA and CPA of the station precinct on a 24 hour basis
(ii) 12 vehicles are available for patrols in the Cape Town Central precinct.
The City of Cape Town informed me as follows:
In terms of the City of Cape Town the following is applicable:
- Metropole is divided into four areas.
- Deployment of Metro Police, Traffic and Law Enforcement is according to the availability of staff within the four areas on a daily basis.
- Metro Police deployed on a 24hour while traffic works till midnight and Law Enforcement normal office hours.
- We don’t have staff allocated to a specific SAPS precinct, but deploy in terms of soft boarder approach.
Date:
Friday, May 6, 2016
