Question NW1430 to the Minister of Police
06 June 2016 - NW1430
Marais, Mr EJ to ask the Minister of Police
(1)Whether the detective division at the Primrose 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) Yes, Primrose Detective Service received four (4) vehicles during the 2015/2016 financial year.
(2) (a) Primrose Detective Service currently have 15 vehicles.
(b) 11 vehicles are in working order.
(c) The vehicles were sent to the mechanical workshop on the following dates:
(1) 2 May 2016
(2) 3 May 2016
(3) 11 May 2016
(4) 17 May 2016
(3) (a) There are 33 detectives currently at Primrose Detective Service.
(b) (i) 27 detectives attended a detective course.
(ii) 27 passed the detective course.
(c) Each Investigating Officer has an average of 50 dockets.
(4) There are currently sufficient vehicles at Primrose Detective Service according to the national ratio.