36/1/4/1/200900234
NATIONAL ASSEMBLY
FOR WRITTEN REPLY
QUESTION NO 2242
DATE OF PUBLICATION IN INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER: 13 NOVEMBER 2009
(INTERNAL QUESTION PAPER NO 28- 2009)
Date reply submitted : 15 December 2009
Ms D Kohler-Barnard (DA) to ask the Minister of Police:
(1) How many (a) Hawks are there currently and (b) Hawks employees have
computers;
(2) whether the investigative teams are manned and function in the same
way as they did under the Scorpions; if not, (a) why not and (b) how
are they currently structured;
(3) whether ex-Scorpion cases are securely stored; if not, why not; if
so, (a) what are the relevant details and (b) how many cases of the
Scorpions have the Hawks finalised;
(4) whether salary structures have changed for former investigators and
employees of the Scorpions that have transferred to the Hawks; if so,
what are the relevant details in each case;
(5) whether any former Scorpions employees that transferred to the Hawks
have had salary reductions; if so, (a) how many, (b) what percentage
of transferred employees have had their salaries reduced, (c) with
what amount was it reduced and (d) for what reason?
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REPLY:
(1)
(a) 1 400 provisional appointments.
(b) Investigators have access to 323 laptops and 804 desktop computers
nationally.
(2) No
(a) The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations deploys various
working methodologies, inclusive of investigative teams.
(b) Teams are structured according to a particular need. Experts from the
organisation are placed in those teams.
(3) Yes
(a) The cases are treated in the same way as the cases originating from
the rest of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
(b) 38
(4) The former Directorate Special Operations members who elected to move
to the SAPS were translated to the broad banding salary structure of
the SAPS. These employees are now fully fledged police officials with
the same benefits (i.e. Polmed, pension benefits, etc.) as other
police officials on equivalent levels.
(5) The translation of salary packages were done on a total cost-to-
employer basis. None of the staff members who have been transferred to
the SAPS have had their salaries reduced.
Reply to question 2242 approved by Minister