. Most police stations that have been completed (71 out of the 100 police stations) have been the responsibility of the Department of Public Works. A total of 19 police stations have been completed by the SAPS. The remaining 10 police stations were completed under the auspices of the European Union. Between 2006/07 and 2009/10, a total of 23 police stations were completed (new and re-established). Of these 23 police stations completed, only four were completed by the SAPS. . A focus on those 19 stations completed by the SAPS since 1994 and on the 11 construction projects currently in execution by the SAPS reveals the following: - Most of these 19 police stations took over three years to complete. In some cases the time taken to complete the police stations was as high as six-and-a- half years, such as in the case of the Inanda police station which was commenced on 1 April 2003 and was finally completed on 21 August 2009. - The cost escalations in SAPS construction projects were in some cases extremely high. The Inanda police station escalated by 270% from a planned cost of R15,9 million to an actual expenditure of R43 million. - Of the 11 projects currently in execution by the SAPS, five commenced as early as 2004 and five commenced in 2006. Only one project (Ga-masemola) commenced after 2006 - in 2009. Thus expected completion dates for 10 of the 11 current SAPS projects are between four and six years. Conclusion: In the majority of cases where the SAPS is responsible for the building of police stations, these stations take at least three years (and in most cases between four to six years) to complete and the cost escalations are extremely high. In comparison, police stations completed by DPW, on average, are completed in shorter time periods and with less cost escalation.