We get what we ask fior

[Crimefree]

Silence has only one meaning and interpretation. I accept and I agree. Thus the current situation is nobodies fault other than those who are to tired and lazy to complain or make a noise and bring the failings to governments attention.

I know many are going to bitch, moan and complain because they feel government should have done something, not them. Bull. Government is fire, it is power, it is uncontrollable because government is greedy, corrupt and uncaring unless citizens keep government in check. Sleep on the job and you get what we have.

More on topic. We have the police chasing guns instead of criminals. There appears to be some idiotic belief guns commit crime and if we reduce guns crime will reduce. About 1000 police members daily do nothing but process gun control paperwork and administration. Where did this stupidity originate? Criminals what to thank them.

Next we have a police totally demoralised by incompetence and promotions of inexperienced friends and relatives way beyond their capabilities based on a colour chart rather than merit.

We have political misdirection and criminality as a way of life.

Thus is this DA report on the police any surprise? We got what we asked for by giving government a free hand and remained uncomplaining.

DA blasts 'rotting' SAPS.
http://news.iafrica.com/sa/1857964.htm

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:38New data shows the rot has set into the SA
Police Service (SAPS) and government appears unconcerned to attend to
the most fundamental problems, the Democratic Alliance said on
Tuesday. Replies to a number of parliamentary questions showed, among
other things, that lost and stolen police case dockets were up 57
percent and sample backlogs at forensic science laboratories by 105
percent, DA spokesperson Dianne Kohler-Barnard said.

Police Minister Nathi Mthethwa's reply to a written question regarding
the newly-established Hawks, revealed that only five percent of Hawks
employees had been vetted. Some 2187 employees submitted applications,
but only 118 so far had received clearance. At this rate of 24 per
month, it would take seven years to vet all the applicants. "While
South Africa's crime rate is worsening, we cannot allow administrative
inefficiencies to further compromise our safety."

The move to the DPCI. On 1 July, a total of 639 cases were
transferred from the former directorate of special operations to the
new Directorate of Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI). It was
reasonable to believe very little progress had been made on any of
these cases if the staff compliment was this low. Police compliance
with the recommendations of the watchdog Independent Complaints
Directorate (ICD) had dropped to 10 percent.

The IDC made 1212 recommendations to the SAPS last year and there was
no response to 90 percent of these. "Last year, the compliance rate
stood at 58.1 percent, which means that we have witnessed a marked
worsening of an already bad situation. "Now we can see quite clearly
that this administration has very little interest in ensuring proper
police oversight," Kohler-Barnard said. Another reply revealed that
the backlog at forensic science laboratories had increased from 11,907
samples in September 2008 to 24 375 samples by August 2009 - a 105
percent increase, year-on-year.

Chemistry sample backlogs were up 80.4 percent, the backlog in
scientific analysis by 526 percent, and whereas no ballistics backlog
was recorded at this time last year, it now stood at 2846 samples. "It
now takes, on average, more than five months for a biology sample to
be processed by our forensic science laboratories." A total of 671
dockets were lost or stolen in 2008/09 - up 57 percent from the 427
lost or stolen last year. This in turn represented a 75 percent
increase since 2005/06, when 382 dockets were lost or stolen. Equally
disturbing was the fact that in only five of the 671 cases, officers
were dismissed for the loss of dockets, while only one fifth of
incidents resulted in any disciplinary action at all.

Government 'totally unconcerned' - DA

In sum, the figures showed the SAPS faced an array of severe
challenges that simply were not being addressed. Time and again
safety experts, concerned citizens groups and the official opposition
had raised concerns over the lack of action from the department in
tackling basic problems in the police. "What is quite clear is that
the ANC government is totally unconcerned about sorting out the most
fundamental problems in our SAPS," Kohler-Barnard said.

[Nutty Grandad]

The SAPS and anyone associated with them are a disgrace to a lovely nation!
I am sorry for the "nice" police men and women, but at the end of the day, their silence and un-willingness to hold their colleagues accountable, puts them fair and square on the canvas to be painted with the same dirty brush!

Even though the PAPA website is not being attended to, I am receiving many many horrific reports of police abuse. WHO THE HELL DO THE SAPS THINK THEY ARE to abuse the decent SA public like they do???