Question NW1426 to the Minister of Police
06 June 2016 - NW1426
Waters, Mr M to ask the Minister of Police
(1)Whether the detective division at the Boksburg North Police Station in Gauteng received any new vehicles in the 2015-16 financial year; if so, how many did they receive; (2) (a) what is the total number of vehicles the specified detective division currently has, (b) how many are in working order and (c) on what date were the vehicles that have broken down sent to the mechanical workshop; (3) (a) how many detectives are there currently at the specified police station, (b) how many of the specified detectives have (i) attended and (ii) passed the detective course and (c) how many dockets is each detective currently investigating; (4) when will the detectives at the specified police station receive additional vehicles in order to ensure the specified police station complies with the national ratio of number of detectives to vehicles?
Reply:
(1) The Detective Service at Boksburg North Police Station did not receive new vehicles as the station already has sufficient vehicles according to the national ratio.
(2) (a) Boksburg North Detective Service currently have 22 vehicles.
(b) 20 vehicles are in working order.
(c) The vehicles were sent to the mechanical workshop on the following dates:
(1) 26 May 2015
(2) 20 April 2016
(3) (a) There are 42 detectives currently at Boksburg North Detective Service.
(b) (i) 36 detectives attended a detective course.
(ii) 36 passed the detective course.
(c) Each Investigating Officer has an average of 52 dockets.
(4) The station already has sufficient vehicles according to the national ratio.