Only one police officer for every 546 Ekurhuleni residents
In South Africa, the police to citizen ratio is 1:380
The Ekurhuleni District only has 6 041 police officers to serve more than 4,3 million residents.
This means there is only one police officer for every 720 residents, says Mike Waters MP, Kempvale constituency head.
The average in Gauteng is one police officer for 546 residents.
“The South African Police Service is currently 64 000 police officers short of meeting the United Nations (UN) policing ratio of 1:220,” Said Waters in a statement issued on Monday.
“In South Africa, the police to citizen ratio is 1:380.
“If the police were to ensure that residents in Ekurhuleni were policed according to international standards, an additional 13 504 police officers would be needed. Looking at it another way, police across Ekurhuleni are a staggering 70 per cent under-resourced.
“It is little wonder that violent crime is increasing across Ekurhuleni, response times are woeful and detectives have up to 100 cases to investigate at any given time. As policing is a national competency, it is the responsibility of Police Minister Bheki Cele to ensure that the police service is adequately resourced,” said Waters.
“The Minister is failing dismally in this regard.”
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