no more lost dockets

[xtermin8or]

Missing dockets at courts will soon be a thing of the past following the introduction of a new IT-related system to speed up service delivery in the criminal justice system. The e-Scheduler will capture case details and will also print daily court rolls, which will address queries from the public as well as the police. The e-Scheduler will in future be an official operational tool to be utilised to measure and manage performance relating to case flow. Justice and Constitutional Development Director General, Menzi Simelane...

"Well with the question of lost dockets through the system we hope we have been able to resolve because what the system does is it's enabled us to, through what is called a scanning solution to scan all docket contents electronically so that the case can run fully automated. And if it happens that any part of the docket, a statement or even the whole docket is lost, it can simply be reprinted again and the matter can go to court from there. So we hope that that way the system works very well which it should then the question of lost dockets will be thing of the past" - SAFM

 

[Leitmotif]

Now the real question is why they didn't do this years ago. Still, this is a big move in the right direction. Go Justice...

 

[Reason]

Hope it is secure, otherwise one will see a situation in which no hacker is ever charged with a crime.

Docket open
Docket deleted
Docket opened
Docket deleted

etc. etc.

 

[Luke7777]

Hmm, money to be made in selectively "corrupting" an index here and there

 

[xtermin8or]

as I understand it, the original will still be used as the primary docket, and only if it goes missing they can reprint the document

 

[jontyB]

Very good. About time, and I certainly hope it will help with the *** conviction rates we've been having.

 

[xtermin8or]

yes, especially when you look at these figures

Parliamentary Q + A

NATIONAL ASSEMBLY

FOR WRITTEN REPLY

QUESTION NO 1080

DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER : 24 JUNE 2005

(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 22/2005)

Date reply submitted: 10 August 2005

Mr R Jankielsohn (DA) to ask the Minister of Safety and Security:

(1) How many dockets were (a) lost or (b) stolen in the (i) 2003-04 and (ii) 2004-05 financial years;

(2) whether each instance of missing dockets is investigated; if not, why not; if so, how many of these investigations have led to disciplinary procedures?

N1436E

REPLY:

(1)(i) (a) 169 dockets were lost at police stations and 155 dockets were lost at court.

(b) 19 dockets were stolen.

(1)(ii) (a) 209 dockets were lost at police stations and 135 dockets were lost at court.

(b) 29 dockets were stolen.

(2) Yes, all instances were SAPS members were responsible for the losses of dockets, were investigated or are still under investigation. A total of 50 Police officers who were found to have negligently lost or disposed of dockets by means of corruption were charged both criminally and departmentally. The case dockets that were lost at court have been referred to the Department of Justice for further

 

[supersunbird]

See, now the government must just do more of these types of things to fight crime...

 

[kaspaas]

Sorry sir, but the computers were stolen,

Sorry sir, but the telephone cables were stolen

Sorry sir, but the computer got the virus

 

[bekdik]

Sorry sir, but the computers were stolen,

Sorry sir, but the telephone cables were stolen

Sorry sir, but the computer got the virus

Unfortunately, probably correct.

 

[xtermin8or]

Sorry sir, but the computers were stolen,

Sorry sir, but the telephone cables were stolen

Sorry sir, but the computer got the virus

It had to happen, a positive move by Govt. and it gets dismissed, even before it's given a chance

 

[Nod]

It had to happen, a positive move by Govt. and it gets dismissed, even before it's given a chance

Not dismissed, just a few problems that comes with the technology.

 

[ToxicBunny]

We'll now get the excuse of the server corrupted your data... we are really sorry sir...

Please.. only 350 odd dockets were lost or stolen each of the years? how many police stations are they talking about there?... 1?

 

[kingrob]

It will be fantastic if they get a professional I.T. company to drive this, but somehow I don't think so...govt always go for the cheap & nasty ones. Also, the I.T. guys will most probably end up attending to 10111 calls.

 

[kingmonty]

We'll now get the excuse of the server corrupted your data... we are really sorry sir...

Please.. only 350 odd dockets were lost or stolen each of the years? how many police stations are they talking about there?... 1?

Exactly. There was a woman that they arrested who had several hundred dockets in her possession. Sometimes exterm pulls stuff from his rear end, and we have to watch and check everything he says, just like a politician.

 

[nocilah]

Missing dockets at courts will soon be a thing of the past following the introduction of a new IT-related system to speed up service delivery in the criminal justice system. The e-Scheduler will capture case details and will also print daily court rolls, which will address queries from the public as well as the police. The e-Scheduler will in future be an official operational tool to be utilised to measure and manage performance relating to case flow. Justice and Constitutional Development Director General, Menzi Simelane...

"Well with the question of lost dockets through the system we hope we have been able to resolve because what the system does is it's enabled us to, through what is called a scanning solution to scan all docket contents electronically so that the case can run fully automated. And if it happens that any part of the docket, a statement or even the whole docket is lost, it can simply be reprinted again and the matter can go to court from there. So we hope that that way the system works very well which it should then the question of lost dockets will be thing of the past" - SAFM

yeah... until they are offline.

 

[kingrob]

Eish! There is no powa!

 

[GuRu]

Tender !

It will be fantastic if they get a professional I.T. company to drive this, but somehow I don't think so...govt always go for the cheap & nasty ones. Also, the I.T. guys will most probably end up attending to 10111 calls.

I wonder which "company" will get this tender ?

 

[Syndyre]

Definitely a good move, hope it works as well as advertised! Just need multiple backups!