At this point the Minister called Mr De Kok to address the media. Mr De Kok said that the detail of the crime statistics is the problem. There was a committee that analysed the problem and one of their primary findings was that the problem must be addressed at station level. The past week they have trained officials such as provincial heads, station commanders, area commanders and so forth in the field of analysis of crime information related to information technology. In the middle of June this year the geographic information system should be in place.
Statistics are a spin-off of operational analysis at station level.
When will the amendment to the Criminal Procedure Act be implemented. They were considering the constitutionality of the amendment. The police were unhappy in light of violent crime that they were facing. They may even go back to Parliament with it. This is a big problem.