The DA audit found that a total of 571 stations did not answer, while 454 answered one or both listed numbers. This means that 56% of police stations could not be reached, while only 44% answered. DA spokesperson, Jan de Villiers, DA Parliamentary Leader, George Michalakis, DA Chief Whip, Glynnis Breytenbach, and Deputy Spokesperson on Police, Ian Cameron.
The Democratic Alliance (DA) has said that legal action is not off the table to compel the South African Police Services (SAPS) to deliver on its policing mandate, after they revealed that 56% of police stations do not answer their phones.
This emerged after the DA members of Parliament held a briefing to highlight their findings on calling for an audit assessing the accessibility and responsiveness of police stations. The DA has called this a “national crisis” and said that this is “not a small failure” by the police.
Deputy spokesperson on Police, Ian Cameron, said their nationwide audit of 1,025 police stations found that more than half could not be reached by telephone. The audit was conducted across all nine provinces using officially listed contact numbers.
“A total of 571 stations did not answer, while 454 answered one or both listed numbers. This means that 56% of police stations could not be reached, while only 44% answered.
