Hon Speaker and hon Minister, in the police service there is a thin blue line between anarchy and law and order in this country. Every single attack on the police must be condemned in the strongest possible terms. In discussions with some police officers, especially after the killings here in the Western Cape, they indicated that there were contributing factors. One of them was that when they are in a vehicle, they struggle, for instance, to access their firearm because of the bulletproof vest.
I would like to ask the Minister if he would consider sanctioning scientific research to determine the underlying reasons for these murders, so that we can establish whether there are specific contributing factors and so that we can address them.