DA calls for better resourcing of SAPS
11 October 2018
The Democratic Alliance (DA) in the Northern Cape is reiterating our call on Provincial Police Commissioner, Rismati Shivuri, to ensure that more and better resources are allocated to police stations so that the people of this province can once again feel safe in their own homes.
Stats SA’s Victims of Crime Survey, which was released today, indicates that people in the Northern Cape are more likely to become victims of robberies and housebreaking than their fellow South Africans living in other provinces.
To make matters worse, it is the perception of more than 50% of the people living in the province that the police will either only respond to an emergency call after two hours, or never at all.
This is very unsettling. However, given increasing crime levels in the province, it is no wonder that people have, to a large extent, lost faith in the police.