Flying squad too busy guarding VIPs

[schumi]

Durban - Durban residents are under attack from brazen criminals who have targeted them at their homes and businesses. However, their first line of defence, the flying squad, is often unable to respond to life threatening emergencies.

Twenty years ago this elite, rapid response unit had more than 300 members with 15 high performance vehicles on the road at any time. Today the unit has shrunk to about 100 members who are deployed in the fight against crime. The others work in administration.

The unit currently operates with less than five or six high performance vehicles a shift. However, the area they protect is large - from Winklespruit and Umbumbulu in the south, to Hillcrest in the west, and Tongaat in the north.

More at: http://www.iol.co.za/news/crime-courts/flying-squad-too-busy-guarding-vips-2059360

 

[Thor]

No surprise there

 

[Mephisto_Helix]

Currently, they are doing the same for the New Zealand cricket team who are in Durban.

Nice one ...... I'm sure anyone who is murdered will feel lekker knowing that a foreign sport team is all good

 

[Rouxenator]

ANC province.

 

[akescpt]

i wonder who they arrested/pissed off in the past that lead to their deployment. similar situation to zuma being pissed off with the scorpions.

 

[dualmeister]

Trains to fight crime.

Ends up babysitting a hooker

 

[HavocXphere]

Ouch...thats a pretty sizable reduction in capacity.

 

[Ry4n]

Ouch...thats a pretty sizable reduction in capacity.

It just shows us what you get when you vote ANC - they take the majority while we left with the scraps while we pay for it all.

 

[ellyally]

It just shows us what you get when you vote ANC - they take the majority while we left with the scraps while we pay for it all.

+1 fraction of the value at ten times the cost

 

[Kornhub]

“This is not the job of the flying squad. What makes these diplomats and officials more important than our citizens?” said one member who requested anonymity.

This