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NATIONAL COUNCIL OF PROVINCES
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 510
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 28 OCTOBER 2011
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 33- 2011)
Date reply submitted: 13 December 2011
510. Mr D A Worth (DA-FS) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) (a) How many police firearms have been (i) lost and (ii) stolen in
the past five financial years in the Free State, (b) what is the
breakdown in respect of (i) handguns, (ii) shotguns and (iii) rifles
and (c) how many of these were (i) semi and (ii) fully automatic;
(2) whether any of these firearms have been recovered; if not, what
measures are being taken to recover these firearms; if so, how many?
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REPLY:
(1)(a)&(b) During the last five (5) financial years (2006/2007 to
2010/2011), the following losses and recoveries in the Free
State were reported on the Provisioning Administration System
(PAS) , which is used as the Asset Register for all SAPS
firearms:
|FIN YEARS |
|TYPE OF FIREARM |2006/07 |2007/08 |2008/09 |2009/10|2010/11 |
|LOSS |124 |61 |167 |140 |48 |
|HANDGUN |80 |55 |147 |135 |46 |
|OTHER |3 |Â |1 |1 |Â |
|RIFLE |31 |2 |9 |4 |1 |
|SHOTGUN |10 |4 |10 |Â |1 |
|RECOVERY |36 |22 |64 |41 |4 |
|HANDGUN |22 |22 |57 |38 |3 |
|RIFLE |12 |Â |4 |3 |1 |
|SHOTGUN |2 |Â |3 |Â |Â |
(The category OTHER includes parts of firearms (e.g. barrels), which
are not a complete firearm but are deemed to be a firearm in terms of
the Firearms Control Act).
(c)(i)&(ii) All handguns and shotguns are classified as semi-automatic
whilst all
rifles are classified as automatic.
(2) Yes. The firearms recovered as listed in the table above. Measures
have also been put in place to recover the weapons through the
Vispol operational plans.
Reply to question 510 approved by the Minister