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    Lack of resources leaves police impotent

    Mar 15, 2023 5 minutes
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    EThekwini is sliding into a state of lawlessness. With no speed cameras working or blood-alcohol testing kits, it is each to his own on the roads.

    Only about a fifth of the CCTV cameras are working. These were meant to assist police in their fight against crime. More recently, the metro police K9 unit lost its teeth because it no longer has any dogs.

    Senior Superintendent Geraldine Stevens, a spokesperson for the Durban metro police, confirmed that the speed cameras had not been in use for the past three years.

    “There is an ongoing court case and the date is set for November 2023. Until the finalisation of the case I am not at liberty to discuss the matter.”

    Stevens said metro police had three mandates; traffic management,

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