Committee Report on Budget Vote 25: Department of Police; Committee Report Budget Vote 23: Independent Complaints Directorate

Meeting report

Chairperson's Opening Remarks
The Chairperson stated that the purpose of the meeting was to adopt the Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Police on Budget Vote 25 of the Department of Police for 2011/12 and the Draft Report of the Portfolio Committee on Police on Budget Vote 23 of the Independent Complaints Directorate for 2011/12.

Committee Report on Budget Vote 25: Department of Police for 2011/12
The Chairperson tabled the report for consideration and requested Members to give their comments on it.

The Committee went through the report page-by-page and corrected all the grammatical errors and numbering issues . They also rephrased some sentences.

Ms A Van Wyk (ANC) referred to page 18 suggested that the word "the" be inserted in the first line so that the sentence would read "Members welcomed the introduction of the new curriculum...". She also suggested that the sentence be rephrased.

The Chairperson stressed that the Recruitment Committees were established to serve and not service police stations.

Ms Van Wyk asked whether the Recruitment Committee was going to rotate of whether the members of the Recruitment Committee were going to rotate.

The Chairperson responded that the Committees were going to rotate.

Ms Van Wyk referred to page 39 and suggested a rephrase around sector policing so that it would become a new point. In addition she suggested that a larger font be used in 7.1 and 7.2. Furthermore she stressed that the Secretariat was recommended to appoint Chief Financial Officer (CFO) earlier and then remove the stated number of months.

Ms Molebatsi asked whether the Secretariat had the option to consider whether or not they wanted to appoint a CFO earlier.

The Chairperson replied that the Secretariat had the option to consider the recommendation that the Committee had raised with regards to the appointment of a CFO.

The Chairperson enquired whether Members endorsed the report.

Ms Van Wyk on behalf of the ANC stated that the ANC would support the budget of the Police as well as the adoption of the report.

Mr Swathe on behalf of the DA seconded the adoption.

Committee Report Budget Vote 23: Independent Complaints Directorate for 2011/12
The Chairperson tabled the report for consideration and requested Members to give their comments on it.

Members corrected all the minor grammatical errors in the report.

The Chairperson asked if Members wanted to approve the report.

Mr Swathe on behalf of the DA stated that the DA would accept the report.

Ms Van Wyk seconded the motion for the adoption of the report as well as the budget.

The meeting was adjourned.