DA Speeches Council 29 January 2009 - Metro Police

SPEECH BY CLLR KAREN MEYER

COUNCIL MEETING 29 JANUARY 2009
PART III, ITEM 12: 2007/08 ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORT

Metro Police

According to the Analysis of the Function on Page 497, it is stated that for the 2006/07 financial year, excluding contract workers, the Metro Police had 1751 officers. If goes further to state that in the 2007/08 financial year, the Metro Police had 1819 officers. A mere 68 additional members!!!!! Where my dear Mayor, is that extra staff you bragged about in the last two years??? Again a mere ANC promise backed up with no facts???

As for operation staff, the Metro Police had 1 025 in 2006/07 and 1 117 in 2007/08, thus only 92 more. 92 More to protect the residents of this city on our streets!

Absolutely shocking if you take into consideration the Mayors elaborate press statements in the last two years stating how “serious” she is about the crime situation. The figures clearly show how serious the ANC is about crime!

However, to come back to the report, still on page 497, I can now understand where all the money for the Metro Police department went in the last year!

The Senior Management of 14 officers, received as salaries and cost to Council a total of R1 388 304 in the 2006/07 financial year. Exactly one year later, the same 14 officers received a whooping R11 060 340! This means an increase of R9 672 036.

There were a total of 275 Detectives and Supervisors in 2006/07 at a cost of R49 016 308, in 2007/08 however, the number declined to 262, but their salaries & cost to Council increased as well to an astonishing R106 810 877! As for the Administrative personnel, we had 437 at a cost of R13 123713 in 2006/07. In 2007/08 we have 426 at an astronomical cost of R119 952 010!

The Visible police officers on the street I mentioned earlier, were a total of 1025 in 2006/07 at a salary total of R46 942 294. In 2007/08, we have 1117 with a total cost of R233 262 221! The total cost to company is absolutely unbelievably high!

Interesting to note that this department issued a total of 185 843 traffic offences in 2006/07 but could only manage 152 340 in 2007/08. No wonder we did not see them on the streets because they weren’t there!!!

As for the Fire Brigade Section, we had 611 personnel in 2006/07 and in 2007/08 we only had 495! What happened? How can this in any way be acceptable?

As for Disaster Management, it is clearly top heavy! Employers in the field amounts in 2007/08 to only 18 but there are 7 in Senior Management and 8 Detectives and Supervisors? Not acceptable and this department should get its priorities straight.

The KPA’s is a joke and not worth a waist of breath!

This report should be kept as the best example of bad management!

The bottom-line for the Community Safety Department is that millions are spend on salaries for a specific service to be provided, but although the tax-payers money goes out; their monies worth for services is not supplied! Shame on this department for failing dismally!

COMPILED BY:
CLR KAREN MEYER
DA SPOKESPERSON : COMMUNITY SAFETY
TSHWANE METRO COUNCIL
(MOBILE: 082 3737 662)