Question NW278 to the Minister of Police
12 March 2021 - NW278
Steyn, Ms A to ask the Minister of Police
For each police station in the Free State, what total number of vehicles are (a) allocated to each police station to support service such as (i) visible policing, (ii) rural safety, (iii) police detectives and (iv) instances where vehicles have been boarded and/or made redundant and (b)(i) operational and (ii) out of service in each of the specified categories?Reply
Reply:
(a)(i)(ii)(iii(iv)(b)(i)(ii)
A total of 104 out of 111 police stations in the Free State, fall within the rural safety category, this includes rural and the combination of urban/rural, in terms of the classification. A total of 100 out of 104 rural police stations have vehicles, which are allocated and dedicated to rural safety. All vehicles in the Visible Policing and Detective environments are regarded as operational. The details are reflected in the table below: