Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa has called
SAPS management to review
and strengthen the command and control practice across the department; from
police stations, clusters, provincial and national levels.
The number of civil claims
dealt with by SAPS was 7 004 in 2009/2010, in 2010/2011 the number was
significantly reduced to 3 007 and during the 2011/2012 the number increased to
5 090.
Ministerial Spokesperson Zweli
Mnisi said that Minister Mthethwa today reiterated and urged the police
management to ensure that they tighten, command and control across all levels
of police, from police stations, clusters, provincial including national levels
because it cannot be ok for police officials to be in court, defending themselves
instead of chasing the criminals.
Mnisi added that the department
believes that part of the challenge is the lack of command and control, that is
why they want to ensure that when plans are in place to intensify at that level
they will be able to reduce significantly some of the law suites against the
state.
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