. The research revealed that the SAPS had outsourced the development of the Immovable Asset Management Plan to a consultant, but there was no indication that this plan had been completed or adopted. The plan is a requirement in terms of the Government Immovable Asset Management Act, No 19 of 2007. In addition, it has not finalised a Planned Maintenance Policy or an updated Unplanned Maintenance Policy which would reflect its current agreement with DPW around maintenance issues. It also has not completed a Prioritisation Model which would assist in systematically identifying projects for prioritisation, particularly in terms of construction. Conclusion: key policy and plans required both in terms of law and to assist the organisation in property management have not been finalised even though costs have been incurred. . The collation of information from the sources used revealed extreme inaccuracies in the reporting of information on the construction of police stations. These inaccuracies are apparent in formal documentation such as the Annual Reports of the South African Police Services, as well as the written documentation provided to the Portfolio Committee on Police during briefings and written responses to questions. In many cases, police stations are reported as completed for a particular year, when they were not actually completed during that year (for example, in the presentation to the Committee 18 May 2010- where is was stated that Steinkopf police station was completed in 2006/07 when it was actually completed in July 2005) . Planned completion dates are totally arbitrary and are merely shifted from one reporting year to another. For example, Inanda police station was reported to be projected for completion in January 2006 in the 2004/05 Annual Report, in October 2006 in the 2005/06 Annual Report, in 2007 in the 2006/07 Annual Report and in 2008 in the 2007/08 Annual Report. It was eventually completed in 2009. In addition, financial figures provided in the Infrastructure tables in the Estimates of Expenditure produced by National Treasury are sometimes inaccurate and therefore unusable. Conclusion: Reporting errors in published and unpublished information renders effective oversight impossible.