Community Safety
- What is the total number of (i) SAPS Act and (ii) PSA personnel at the (aa) Parow Police Station and (bb) Elsies River Police Station, for each police station (b) how many vacancies exist, (c) what is the (i) granted and (ii) actual number of police officers, (d) how many (i) VISPOL officers are on the staff establishment and (ii) of these members, how many are on duty arrangements and (e) how many (i) sectors are patrolled 24 hours a day and (ii) vans patrol each sector?
The South African Police Service informed me as follows:
(a)(i) (aa) 155
(bb) 182
(ii) (aa) 23
(bb) 29
(b)(i) 29 (Parow)
(ii) 19 (Elsies River)
(c)(i) (aa) 170 (Parow – Total of Station Comm., Vispol & Detectives only)
(bb) 187 (Elsies River – Total of Station Comm., Vispol & Detectives only)
(ii) (aa) 144 (Parow – Total of Station Comm., Vispol & Detectives only)
(bb) 166 (Elsies River – Total of Station Comm., Vispol & Detectives only)
(d)(i) (aa) 109 (Parow – Total of Vispol only)
(bb) 117 (Elsies River – Total of Vispol only)
(ii) (aa) 23 (Parow)
(bb) 17 (Elsies River)
(e)(i) (aa) 3 Sectors: Parow SAPS
(bb) 4 Sectors: Elsies SAPS
(ii) (aa) One patrol vehicle per sector
(bb) One patrol vehicle per sector
