Opposition parties slammed Cele and the government, but a criminologist said the crime stats were not a reflection of whether or not the Saps 'dropped the ball'. Here why 👇
Police Minister Bheki Cele during the release of crime statistics for the second quarter of 2021/2022 at GCIS, 19 November 2021, Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
Action Society and the Democratic Alliance slammed both Police Minister Bheki Cele and the government, blaming political interference and mismanagement. “It should be based on things like docket management issues, abuse of power, irregular expenditure, corruption, case backlogs, DNA backlogs, firearm losses, and customer satisfaction,” she said.Kriegler said looking at the overall crime picture, it had nothing to do with who the minister of police or commissioner was, or“SA has had extremely high levels of violent crime for 60 years. During Covid, crime levels plummeted – not because the police suddenly got much better.
“The police certainly have a central role, but they have not been performing well, in terms of the numbers over the last decade. The number of officers decreased by 11.5%, which means there are almost 15 000 fewer police officers now than a decade ago.”
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