Head Topics

Only one Centurion police station has adequate holding cells

  • 📰 TheCitizen_News
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 35 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 17%
  • Publisher: 75%

South Africa Headlines News

South Africa Latest News,South Africa Headlines

Police say the lack of holding cells has not negatively affected arrests and that it would be 'impractical' to have too many holding cells at police stations.

Of the five police stations in Centurion, only Wierdabrug has cells to hold arrested persons overnight. Photo: File

It was reported this week that only one police station in the entire Centurion had adequate holding cells, reports“Criminals arrested by police in Lyttelton, Olievenhoutbosch, Erasmia, and Laudium all have to be taken to other police stations for detention,” said DA constituency leader for Centurion Cilliers Brink.He said this was revealed by police minister Bheki Cele in answer to a parliamentary question two weeks ago.

Brink said the party feared the shortage of the holdings cells had the effect of discouraging the police from arresting and detaining the suspects.“Any more cuts to the police budget to bail out failing state-owned entities like Eskom must be ruled out.”

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.
We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 6. in ZA

South Africa Latest News, South Africa Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Hawks seek man from Botswana to help solve police station robberyThe Hawks are hunting for four people they believe are connected to a robbery at the Windsorton police station in the Northern Cape earlier this month.
Source: TimesLIVE - 🏆 28. / 59 Read more »

Hawks seek man from Botswana to help solve police station robberyThe Hawks are hunting for four people they believe are connected to a robbery at the Windsorton police station in the Northern Cape earlier this month.
Source: SowetanLIVE - 🏆 13. / 63 Read more »

‘This centre could be the safety net women in Seoding need’The White Door Centre in Seoding is directly linked to local police station as part of government’s new plan to tackle gender-based violence
Source: City_Press - 🏆 7. / 72 Read more »

Ramaphosa leads delegation to Russia-Africa Summit | IOL NewsPresident Cyril Ramaphosa is leading South Africa's delegation to the first Russia-Africa Summit which will be held in Russian ... Bet you Putin takes him out So basically we're left with no one as the acting president! Thank goodness ZS-OAK has been repossessed, Comair and SAA grounded so this time we hope Inkwazi passed all IAA Safety regulations and ready to fly😂😂😂😂😂😂
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Audi vs BMW vs Merc - which has the best resale (at auction)? | IOL MotoringTruePrice analysed its entire database of vehicles from all three brands to determine which one holds its value the best.
Source: IOL - 🏆 46. / 51 Read more »

Zulu King Zwelithini to launch Bayede Mobile networkThe mobile network will be hosted by Cell C and MTN and target mainly people residing in rural communities. Who will be the shareholders in that mobile network? 😂😂😂😂😂 Oh yeah! Facts..!
Source: TheCitizen_News - 🏆 6. / 75 Read more »