Deputy Speaker, hon Minister, it was reported that Johan Burger of the Institute for Security Studies has charged that the alleged cooking of crime statistics by police stations in three provinces is the consequence of fear instilled in police managers by former National Police Commissioner Jackie Selebi. We believe that this fear caused some police station commanders to demand reduced crime figures from their subordinates, who, to impress them, decided not to record several reported incidents, including domestic violence, assault, fraud and even rape in the police case administration system. We believe that this was wrong, undermined good service delivery and betrayed the trust that citizens had in the police.
We want to know what government is going to do to remove this fear of recording all reported crimes and to assure police officers that if they blow the whistle on their corrupt colleagues, they will not be harassed, victimised or suspended by their superiors. I thank you.