Question NW1158 to the Minister of Police
03 June 2021 - NW1158
Sharif, Ms NK to ask the Minister of Police
1.What are the relevant details of the backlog related to forensic cases of gender- based violence at forensic laboratories as at the latest specified date for which information is available; 2. what(a) are the details of the twining that has been conducted only guidelines of management of survivors of sexual violence (i) at each police station and (ii) in each province, (b) is the total number of police officers who have been trained in each specified case, (c) are the names of facilitators of each training in each case, (d) was the duration of each training in each case and (e) plans have been put in place to ensure all police officers are trained? NW1347E
Reply:
(1). The relevant details of the backlog, related to forensic cases of gender-based violence at forensic laboratories, as at 10 May 2021, is reflected in the table below.
|
|
Registered |
Finalised |
In Process |
Backlog |
|
Ballistic |
61 |
85 |
224 |
1806 |
|
Biology |
1588 |
520 |
17281 |
79369 |
|
Chemistry |
12 |
3 |
45 |
409 |
|
Scientific Analysis |
19 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
Questioned Documents |
1 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
|
Victim Identification Centre |
2 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
|
National |
1683 |
616 |
17562 |
81596 |
(2)(a) The South African Police Service (SAPS), does not have dedicated learning programmes that with the guidelines of the management of survivors of sexual violence. However, the following learning programmes incorporate the guidelines of the management of survivors of sexual violence: