Minister of Mobility
Question by:
Hon Derrick America
Answered by:
Hon Ricardo Mackenzie
Question Number:
4
Question Body:
- How many traffic law enforcement vehicles does his Department currently have;
- whether this number is an adequate number of vehicles to enforce the law effectively; if not, why not;
- how many more vehicles are set to be purchased in the upcoming three financial years;
- whether there are any cases where a law enforcement vehicle has been stolen; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether he is aware of any criminal groups posing as law enforcement officers to target and hijack individuals; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
- Provincial Traffic Services currently has a fleet of 281 patrol vehicles.
- Provincial Traffic currently has a staff complement of 608 operational staff members at 13 Traffic Centres across the province. As part of our approach to promote the safety of our officers, we introduced the buddy system when we introduced the first 24/7 service in the country in 2003. So while this number of vehicles in our fleet is not fully adequate to serve current as well as planned short term growth in the number operational staff, while also making allowances for unplanned mechanical faults or damages, we ensure that all of our patrol vehicles are optimally utilised, through a hot seat concept, which entails that every patrol vehicle is utilised for 16 hours in a 24-hour cycle to ensure that we cover our daily duties.
- As part of our plans to increase our staff complement and visible enforcement with Highway patrol vehicles, as well as to replace vehicles that have reached the end of its useful life as defined by Government Motor Transport, we plan to procure the following motor vehicles over the MTEF period.
MTEF Period | Total Planned Vehicle Purchases (Replacement & Additions) |
2023/24 | 30 |
2024/25 | 30 |
2025/26 | 30 |
- There are no cases of marked Provincial Traffic patrol vehicles having been stolen.
- We have no reported cases in the Western Cape that are currently being investigated by the SAPS of any criminal groups posing as law enforcement officers to target and hijack individuals.
Date:
Friday, June 30, 2023
