Question NW1851 to the Minister of Police
22 September 2016 - NW1851
Lotriet, Prof A to ask the Minister of Police
With reference to his replies to questions (a) 1429 on 6 June 2016 and (b) 3602 on 13 October 2015, when will he ensure that the detective division at the Tembisa Police Station in Gauteng receives additional personnel in order to reduce the average number of 91 cases that each detective currently investigates to the recommended 40 to 45 case dockets?
Reply:
The recommended personnel strength for the Tembisa Police Station Detective Service according to the Fixed Establishment is 93. The actual personnel strength of the Detective Service is 84.
The following posts were advertised and filled:
- 1 x Sub Section Commander: Detective Service (salary level 10)
- 1 x Salary level 8
Two experienced re-enlisted members were placed at the Detective Service.
Gauteng province is currently busy with a project where police stations with a surplus of members within the Visible Policing environment are instructed to identify and redeploy members to their Detective Service environment where there is a shortage of members. Tembisa Police Station has a surplus of 7 personnel within the Visible Policing environment and should therefore identify and redeploy 7 members to their Detective Service environment where there is currently a shortage of members.
Police stations are also instructed to redeploy experienced Visible Policing members to the Detective Service environment when they receive their new entry level constable allocation. Tembisa Police Station received 1 new entry level constable.