Question NW3098 to the Minister of Police

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30 October 2017 - NW3098

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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

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