56% of police stations in South Africa do not answer their phones

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Steamy Tom said:
lol is anyone surprised?

Has anyone here tried to call 10111 in the last 5 years? its a joke, when you eventually get through to someone they have the IQ of a potato.

Private security is also such a joke, reaction times are pathetic, your house will literally be empty by the time they arrive. If you don't believe me then press your panic and see how long they take to arrive, if you are lucky its 10 minutes, the average is more like 20 minutes or more, when they get there do not go out, do not be seen, they will have a casual look around and leave.
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HAIBO . dont insult potatoes .

anyone tried to call for a fire engine . i did . arrived 3 hours later
 
icantchooseone said:
HAIBO . dont insult potatoes .

anyone tried to call for a fire engine . i did . arrived 3 hours later
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The fire department thing is very area dependent.

in eSchitweni they're still on the ball.
Had to phone them a few weeks ago for a power pole on fire, and they were in the area in 5 minutes.
 
Rickster said:
Why don't whoever do audits, go to the police station, park then call the police station and see if they answer or not.

If not, they go inside and call again and see what the story is.

Do cops even get warnings and kak for not doing what they are paid to do?
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The auditors are asleep at their desks too.
 
ToxicBunny said:
The fire department thing is very area dependent.

in eSchitweni they're still on the ball.
Had to phone them a few weeks ago for a power pole on fire, and they were in the area in 5 minutes.
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This. Our local fire department is out doing drills frequently. They're extremely organised. Every piece of equipment is immaculately maintained. I think the WC guys have a harder time of it. They have to be organised. Outside of June/July the entire province is basically on fire 24/7. I don't envy those guys for the risky work they have to put in.
 
I think its likely much higher the statistic, problem is they always make it difficult to find that out.
as the ANC wants to blame apartheid or rename something first as that's a bigger priority.
 
I Lost my last bit of respect for the police when I went in to get a case number for a house break-in - I needed it for the insurance claim else I would not have bothered.

The "officer" that eventually decided to assist me after I stood in front of the queue for 30 minutes spent more time trying to figure out how he could get me to go and report it at another station than actually helping me, and once he was convinced he had to actually do the work I had to guide him through the paperwork like a toddler, I doubt he understood 50% of what I was trying to tell him and he wrote down even less.

I must admit that I do think he was at one point trying to imply or ascertain if I was perhaps trying to make a fake claim from the insurance for the money, but his command of any of the languages we tried communicating in was so bad that he just gave up at some point trying to find words and started scribbling on the forms.

Note that I was calm and not under any stress in the moment since the break in happened a few days before and I only realised it when I was looking for something in a room I never go in to. Now imagine an emotionally stressed victim of a violent crime having to go through the same?
 
Don't go if you only know English. More effective communicating in grunts. If there is any kind of statement to be hand written better to have one printed they can just copy.
 
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