The Crimes of the South African Police Service

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Sunday, July 5, 2015

Crimes of the South African Police Service

Unpaid bills leave Cop cars idle

By Murray Williams

CAPE ARGUS

Dozens of official police vehicles, both marked and unmarked, wait to be repaired at True Bore Automotive Engineering in Epping. Picture: David Ritchie

Cape Town -

Dozens of broken police vehicles are gathering dust in Western Cape workshops – some since April – while many police stations routinely suffer a crippling shortage of vehicles.

And two workshops claim the police owe them a total of R436 000 in unpaid vehicle repair bills. They are refusing to release any repaired vehicles or fix any of the others until they are paid.