Police Oversight and Community Safety

Question by: 
Hon Gillion Bosman
Answered by: 
Hon Reagen Allen
Question Number: 
4
Question Body: 

In relation to the installation of CCTV cameras at police stations in the province: 25 (1) whether every police station is equipped with CCTV cameras; if not, which stations are equipped with them; (2) (a) how many CCTV cameras were installed in SAPS stations in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23, and (b) which stations received these cameras; (3) whether there any broken CCTV systems at any police station; if so, (a) at which station are they situated and (b) how much would it cost to replace each; (4) whether there are CCTV cameras affected by load shedding; if so, what are the plans to equip the cameras with uninterrupted power supply (UPS) systems?

Answer Body: 

The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):

4.      (1)   76 of 151 stations are equipped.

Albertina

George

Maitland

Philippi East

Athlone

Grabouw

Malmesbury

Pinelands

Atlantis

Gugulethu

Manenberg

Porterville

Belhar

Harare

Mbekweni

Riebeek West

Bellville

Hopefield

McGregor

Samora Machel

Bishop Lavis

Hout Bay

Melkbosstrand

Simons Town

Botrivier (Satellite)

Kensington

Mfuleni

Sir Lowry's Pass (Satellite)

Caledon

Khayelitsha

Milnerton

Steenberg

Cape Town Central

Klapmuts

Mitchells Plein

Still Bay

Claremont

Kleinmond

Montagu

Strand

Conville

Knysna

Moorreesburg

Struisbaai

Da Gamaskop

Kraaifontein

Mossel Bay

Swellendam

Darling

Kuils River

Muizenberg

Table Bay Harbour

Delft

Laingsburg

Nyanga

Table View

Diep River

Langa

Oudtshoorn

Thembalethu

 

 

Durbanville

Lansdowne

Paarl

Tulbagh

Dysseldorp

Lentegeur

Paarl East

Wolseley

Elsies River

Lingelethu West

Parow

Worcester

Fish Hoek

Macassar

Philippi

Wynberg

 

         (2)   (a)   (i)   7

                        (ii)  16

                        (iii)  10

                        (iv) 2

                        (v)  20

                 (b)  

2018

2019

2020

2021

2022

Atlantis

Bishop Lavis Lentegeur Milnerton

Nyanga

Paarl

Pinelands

Belhar

Delft

Elsies River

Fish Hoek

Harare

Kensington Kraaifontein

Lingelethu West Manenberg

Mfuleni

Philippi

Philippi East Samora Machel Steenberg

Strand

Wynberg

Bellville

Gugulethu

Khayelitsha

Langa

Lansdown

Maitland

Mbekweni

Melkbosstrand Oudtshoorn

Simons Town

Cape Town Central

Mitchells Plain

Albertina

Athlone

Botrivier (Satellite) Caledon

Claremont

Conville

Da Gamaskop

Darling

Diep River Durbanville

Dysseldorp

George

Grabouw

Hopefield

Hout Bay

Klapmuts

Kleinmond

Knysna

Kuils River Laingsburg Macassar

Malmesbury

 

McGregor

Montagu

Moorreesburg

Mossel Bay

Muizenberg

Paarl East

Parow

Porterville

Riebeek West

Sir Lowry's Pass (Satellite)

Still Bay

Struisbaai

Swellendam

Table Bay Harbour

Table View

Thembalethu

Tulbagh

Wolseley

Worcester

 

         (3)   (a)   No broken systems have been reported.

                 (b)   The average cost for replacement of a complete system is R200 000-00.

         (4)   The 2022/2023 CCTV installation includes a 2-hour UPS system. Previously installed systems are dependent on generator power supply. A project to fit all police stations with power inverters is underway to ensure CCTV cameras will function throughout the duration of each load shedding session.

 

Date: 
Friday, March 3, 2023
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