Question NW1804 to the Minister of Police

Herron, Mr BN to ask the Minister of Police

(1) Whether, noting that the City of Cape Town’s Special Investigating Unit (SIU) that is also know as the Safety and Security Investigating Unit (SSIU), is not a municipal police service but conducts criminal investigation and gathers intelligence information and taking into account that members of the SIU and/or SSIU \are not member of municipal police service, the SA Police Service (SAPS) deem them to be peace officers; if not, how do they exercise the powers conferred on peace officers in terms of the law; if so, in terms of what provisions of (a) the specified Act and (b) any other legislation does the SAPS rely to deem them as such; (2) what total number of members of the City of Cape Town’s SIU and/or SSIU are recognised by the SAPS as peace officers?