Police Oversight and Community Safety
With respect to the safety of police stations:
- whether there were any cases of police stations being (a) burgled and (b) vandalised in (i) 2018/19, (ii) 2019/20, (iii) 2020/21, (iv) 2021/22 and (v) 2022/23; if so, (aa) what are the relevant details, (bb) what cost was incurred for each case and (cc)(i) were any criminal cases been opened as a result and (ii) what were the outcomes of these cases;
- whether any police stations ever rendered the services of (a) local law enforcement and (b) private security for the use of (i) protecting the premise of police stations and (ii) assisting with crimes that occurred on or by the station's premise; if so, what are the relevant details?
The reply of the South African Police Service (SAPS):
5. (1) (a) (i) 1
(ii) 4
(iii) 5
(iv) 4
(v) 5
(b) (i) 5
(ii) 17
(iii) 16
(iv) 11
(v) 13
(aa) Crimes registered as Burglaries on business premises, Malicious damage to property and Arson.
(bb) Total of approximately R256 432-00.
(cc) (i) Yes, 81 cases.
(cc) (ii) Conviction: 11
Not Guilty: 1
Withdrawn: 41
In court: 7
Undetected: 21
(2) (a) (i) No
(ii) No; should a situation arise (such as protest action at a police station), the primary functionary would be SAPS (station personnel and Public Order Policing Unit). Where additional support would be required, a secondary role would be played by external role-players, as part of the holistic, integrative approach to policing practised by SAPS.
(b) (i) Not during this reporting period (2018/2019 to 2022/2023).
(ii) No; should a situation arise (such as protest action at a policing station), the primary functionary would be SAPS (stations personnel and Public Order Policing Unit). Where additional support would be required, a secondary role would be played by external role-players, as part of the holistic, integrative approach to policing practised by SAPS.
