Question NW1631 to the Minister of Police
17 December 2019 - NW1631
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police
Whether, with reference to his replies to questions 1783 on 18 June 2018 and 2664 on 5 October 2018, where he states that the Norkem Park Police Station currently has 29 police officers for visible policing for the four sectors, he has found that the police station actually requires an additional 35 police officers for visible policing instead of an additional eight police officers for visible policing in order to reach the optimum number of 64 police officers for visible policing, in correlation with four members in each shift and sector for four shifts in a 24-hour day; if not, what is the position in this regard; if so, by what date will the police station receive the required number of police officers for visible policing?
Reply:
No, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has a total Fixed Establishment (FE), which is subject to the compensation budget. The equitable distribution of resources is guided by the ratio between the Theoretical Human Resource Requirement (THRR), which is the ideal personnel requirement and the FE, which is the approved allocation.
The current FE, for Visible Policing at the Norkem Park Police Station, is 72, which includes 23 members for Sector Policing.
The Norkem Park Police Station received an additional seven members, which resulted in an actual, of 75 members at Visible Policing, of which 24 are placed at Sector Policing.
Reply to question 1631 approved
GENERAL BH CELE (MP)
MINISTER OF POLICE
Date: 15-12-2019