STATEMENT BY DIANNE KOHLER BARNARD MP
DA SHADOW MINISTER OF POLICE
1 OCTOBER 2009
Draft National Instruction will disempower reservists and hamper the functioning of the SAPS
A Draft National Instruction on the South African Reserve Police Service, which directly concerns the country's reservists, has been met by outrage and opposition by reservists themselves and the Democratic Alliance (DA) has been flooded with responses, some of which follow below. The draft, in effect, disempowers reservists, places a greater burden on the SAPS in terms of time and resources and simply demonstrates that the government is not really serious about crime in South Africa.