The very dockets that could send killers to prison are being stored in unsecured offices at 125 Western Cape police stations.
Dockets linked to murders, robberies, and other serious crimes are being stored in ordinary offices at most police stations in the Western Cape because detectives do not have access to a secure, lockable storage room.
The issue affected 125 of the province's 151 stations, police oversight and community safety MEC Anroux Marais revealed in a recent written reply to the provincial legislature.
She was answering a question from MPL Benedicta van Minnen.
Marais said the number came from the department’s police census in the 2023/24 financial year, which checked all 151 stations in the province.
