DA visit to Berea Police Station highlights SAPS under-resourcing
4 September 2017
Today the DA conducted an oversight visit to the Berea Police Station in Durban and we are deeply concerned about the increased crime rate and inadequate resourcing of the police service in the area.
We will question the SAPS Transformation task team in Parliament’s Police Portfolio Committee tomorrow to explain how it proposes to address the under-equipping, under-training, under-staffing and under-resourcing at station level that hamstrings the SAPS' ability to fight crime and ensure safe streets and safe homes.
The DA will also write to the Acting National Police Commissioner, Lt-Gen Lesetja Mothiba, to determine what his plans are to combat this under-resourcing.