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Crimes of the South African Police Service

Friday, March 19, 2010
Gen. Cele: SAPS Station Commanders Incompetent, failing in most basic duties...



Cop shops (mis)managed

2010-03-18 22:45
Lizel Steenkamp, Beeld


Cape Town - Station commanders are failing in their most basic duty of exercising control over police officials, dockets, firearms and vehicles.

Weekly inspections are "generally disregarded" and national orders are ignored. Furthermore, station commanders and other heads have a "serious lack" of skills and knowledge.

These damning findings are compiled in a report about what is happening at 733 of the country's 1 116 police stations by the police's national inspectorate which - between April and December last year - completed countrywide inspections to determine whether station commanders are maintaining discipline and whether police stations are being properly managed.

Bheki Cele, national chief of police, made the report available two weeks ago upon request from the Parliamentary portfolio committee for police.

Investigative work poor

The majority of the inspections were done at police stations in Gauteng (316), Mpumalanga (120) and the Free State (66).

It paints a bleak picture of the day-to-day activities at police stations and the lack of the most basic control and management measures.
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Posted by Andrea Muhrrteyn at 3/19/2010 12:26:00 AM
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High-profile cops had big money

Oct 5, 2010
Sibongile Mashaba - mashabas@sowetanlive.co.za
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