Question NW691 to the Minister of Police
23 September 2019 - NW691
Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Police
Whether any application was received requesting the Edenvale Police Station to be upgraded to a Brigadier station; if so, (a) on what date was it received, (b) who made the submission and (c) what was the outcome of the submission?
Reply:
Yes, applications for the upgrading of the Edenvale Police Station to a Brigadier station, were received.
A0 On 2017-09-05 and 2018-08-30.
(b) The Station Commander of Edenvale and the Cluster Commander of Ekurhuleni North.
(c ) In response to the application, regarding the upgrading of Edenvale, all key environmental data and other related information were analysed on the planning mechanism (station profile), in order to determine an accurate resource requirement at local level. The results of the analysis were captured and utilised for the 2018/2019 Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR) of police stations. The Edenvale Police Station did not qualify to be upgraded, in terms of the published results. The THRR is revised on an annual basis. In line with the annual THRR process, the 2019/2020 results were published, in April 2019. The Edenvale Police Station did not qualify to be upgraded to a Brigadier station, in terms of the published results.
Reply to question 691 recommended/
NATIONAL COMMISSIONER: SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE
KJ SITOLE (SOEG)
DATE: 2019/ 09/16
Reply to question 691 approved
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 22/09/2019