Question NW1066 to the Minister of Police
25 April 2016 - NW1066
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his reply to question 3602 on 13 October 2015, what interventions is the SA Police Service management planning to take to prioritise human resource allocation to the Detective Service in order to reduce investigating officers' caseloads?
Reply:
The following interventions will be implemented to address the capacitation of Detective Service:
- The ringfencing of a percentage (as determined by the National Commissioner) of the entry level posts allocated on an annual basis for new police officers in order to capacitate Detective Service;
- The continious identification and transfer of skilled and trained police officers from other environments to Detective Service; and
- The annual advertisement of posts for the re-enlistment of former members especially detectives who left the Service.