There are a total of 17 vehicles for use by the 44 detectives. However, five of these 17 vehicles were in the Government Garage undergoing repairs. In addition 11 of these 17 vehicles had more than 200 000 kilometres on their clocks and are due for boarding during the current financial year. The Branch Commander stated that the detectives thus require an additional 14 vehicles including replacing the 11 that would be boarded. Thus, while the ratio of detectives to vehicles on paper is 3:1, in practice, the actual ratio is closer to 4:1 because of the vehicles that are undergoing repair.