Question NW148 to the Minister of Police
22 February 2017 - NW148
Mbhele, Mr ZN to ask the Minister of Police
(a) How many police officers in each province (i) were asked to attend and (ii) actually attended the (aa) 2017 National Police Day event held at Ikageng village in Boitekong and (bb) 2017 National Excellence Awards, hosted at Sun City Superbowl, Sun City Resorts, (b)(i) how many police officers from each police station (aa) were asked to attend the events and (bb) actually attended the events and (ii) how many police officers are currently deployed at each specified police station and (c) what amount was budgeted by his department for overtime pay for police officers who covered the shifts of the specified police officers who attended the events?
Reply:
(a)(i)(ii)(aa) The number of police officers who were asked to attend and who actually attended were 10 per province and in respect of the hosting province, 15 members per police cluster.
(a)(i)(ii)(bb) The number of police officers who were asked to attend and who actually attended were 10 per province and in respect of the hosting province, an additional 100 members attended.
(b)(i)(ii)(aa) and (bb) An attendance register was not kept, due to the size and nature of the event.
(c) Nil rand.