Police Oversight and Community Safety
In relation to the Public Order Policing Unit in the province:
- What is the full list of protests that occurred to which the unit was deployed in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23 and (b) in relation to these protests, what is the detailed list of how (i) many police officers and (ii) much resources were used at each protest?
The reply of the South African Police Service [SAPS):
2. Detailed information that is made public, with regard to SAPS operational deployment of human material resources [other than vehicles), may pose a threat to the safety and security of SAPS personnel deployed, and therefore, cannot be provided. However, the totals per financial year are indicated below.
[a) [i) 1 373
[ii) 1 049
[iii) 833
[iv) 741
[v) 614
[b) [i) [i) 50 666
[ii) 48 921
[iii) 33 607
[iv) 18 827
[v) 14 516
[b) [ii) [i) 4 621 vehicles
[ii) 3 945 vehicles
[iii) 3 504 vehicles
[iv) 2 250 vehicles
[v) 1 742 vehicles
