3.1.2 Accessibility: The station is not identifiable by roadmarkings indicating the whereabouts of the station. The station building is in a state of good repair. The station is accessible to all including people with disabilities. The only concern is that people with disabilities had to access the station from the entrance at the back of the police station. 3. Vehicles: There is a shortage of vehicles in the police station. According to the RAG there should be eighteen vehicles but currently there are twelve. These vehicles were also not suitable for the terrain. All vehicles have valid licence discs displayed on them. Three vehicles were involved in accidents in the previous financial year. Two vehicles are taken home after hours by the members, one by an officer and the other by the detective on stand-by. The Station Commissioner authorises these vehicles to be used after hours. Two vehicles were used for responding to calls for assistance from the community during the week and one more vehicle is added during the weekend. Three vehicles were boarded in the past financial year and these vehicles were all replaced. 4. CPF: The Chairperson of the CPF stated that the communication between the Provincial CPF and the local CPF is poor. He also states that they have received no funding in the past financial year. 5. DVA: The DVA is available in the CSC but the list of organisations which offer counselling and other support is not updated regularly. The Act is not kept in the patrol vehicles and vehicles that attend to complaints. The Register is correctly completed. 3.1.6 Child Justice Act: The Child Justice Act is available in the CSC but the list that contains particulars of the probation officer as well the written agreement with the probation officer was not available. National instructions on how to comply with the provisions of Child Justice Act was not available. The Station Instructions were there but never communicated to the police officials at the station. 3.1.7 Vacancy and absenteeism: There is no general absenteeism at the police station. The month that reflects the highest absenteeism is June and some members do not report on duty after their rest days. 3.1.8 Second Hand Goods Act: There is one person responsible for policing implementation of the Second Hand Goods Act. There are five registered Second Hand Goods dealers in the area and they are visited weekly. 3.1.9 Detectives: The Detectives are situated three hundred metres from the station. The detectives identified the problems of poorly taken statements and incorrectly formulated charges. There was only one missing dockets in the past 3 years. There are 558 cases at the unit. The detective caseload varies from the smallest which is 9 to the highest which is 92 dockets. A total of 108 cases were closed and registered as undetected in the past financial year. There were 1078 dockets that were opened in the past financial year. There were a total of 6 registered informers and one claim was made in the past financial year. 3.1.10 Cells: There were a total of six cells and all of them were in operation. There were no detainees in the cells. The condition of the cells was acceptable.