All 150 police stations in the Western Cape are at 92% capacity in terms of fixed establishment, with vacancies only created by retirements, resignations, deaths and ill health.
These were the words of acting provincial police commissioner Major General Thembisile Patekile on Thursday after community safety MEC Dan Plato said earlier in the day 85% of police stations in the province were under resourced.
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