Question NW3098 to the Minister of Police
30 October 2017 - NW3098
Dreyer, Ms AM to ask the Minister of Police
For each laboratory administered by Forensic Service Division of the SA Police Service, how many entries were (a) received and (b) finalised by the (i) ballistics unit, (ii) scientific analysis unit, (iii) questioned documents unit, (iv) biology unit, (v) victim identification unit and (vi) chemistry unit in (aa) each of the past three financial years and (bb) since 1 April 2017?
Reply:
(a)(b)(i)(aa)(bb)
(i) Ballistics |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
66152 |
60635 |
80015 |
33620 |
b) Finalised |
65813 |
58467 |
80301 |
32454 |
(a)(b)(ii)(aa)(bb)
(ii) Scientific Analysis |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
6 063 |
6 642 |
6 961 |
4 116 |
b) Finalised |
6 313 |
6 552 |
7 070 |
3 442 |
(a)(b)(iii)(aa)(bb)
(iii) Questioned Documents |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
29 705 |
24 723 |
27 624 |
8 922 |
b) Finalised |
29 512 |
25 486 |
27 607 |
9 035 |
(a)(b)(iv)(aa)(bb)
(iv) Biology |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
112 575 |
165 852 |
505 257 |
243 180 |
b) Finalised |
112 132 |
136 090 |
475 486 |
237 971 |
(a)(b)(v)(aa)(bb)
(v) Victim Identification Centre |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
3 336 |
9 325 |
5 172 |
2 782 |
b) Finalised |
3 248 |
9 349 |
5 188 |
2 815 |
(a)(b)(vi)(aa)(ab)
(vi) Chemistry |
2014/2015 |
2015/2016 |
2016/2017 |
2017-04-01 to 2017-10-15 |
a) Received |
82 078 |
89 215 |
100 185 |
55 999 |
b) Finalised |
82 621 |
84 739 |
101 663 |
54 128 |