With reference to court ready case dockets, there is an imbalance in the nodes of delivery between the police services and the justice system that have a direct bearing on detection rates. For example, in Mpumalanga, there are 85 police stations serviced by three prosecutors. Detectives have to take their cases to these prosecutors, often multiple times. Moreover, when they are unable to make a decision on their cases, they are then referred to the DPP in Pretoria. This, in turn, entails these same detectives having to commute to and from Pretoria. In the process of going back and forth other cases are neglected, inevitably impacting on the detection rate.