Detectives are meant to investigate crimes and contribute to successful prosecutions, but Parliament has heard this is the ‘worst performing’ division in the police. On top of this, irregular expenditure in the SA Police Service has increased by 352%.
He said that “the number of case dockets on the desks of our detectives is increasing”.
Another issue of concern was the number of police firearms that were reported as lost or stolen. In the 2021/2022 period, 712 losses and thefts were reported, higher than the set target of 508. “This type of measuring does not take into account the time the samples are collected from the victims or suspects to the time they are submitted for lab processing,” it said.
The Auditor-General presentation also said it did not seem as if the police had a plan on how to deal with forensic evidence non-achievements.
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