from News24 today:
Cape Town - Nathi Mthethwa, the new Safety and Security Minister, has told Parliament that 5 733 police officers do not have valid driving licences.
These include 3 338 inspectors, 1 712 sergeants, and as many as 280 captains.
Giving these figures in a written answer to a parliamentary question from James Masango of the Democratic Alliance circulated on Tuesday, Mthethwa said the current figures were arrived at after a verification process which followed a similar question put last year.
He also admitted that the non-drivers included 620 members of the detective service and 67 from crime intelligence. Altogether 4 984 members of the visible policing units could not drive. Seventeen superintendents cannot either.
The provincial breakdown of non-drivers shows that Gauteng and the Eastern Cape account for more than half the cops unfamiliar with the steering wheel. "
Here we go - back to bicycles, horses, donkeys and camels!
Makes me think of the old song:
"England swings like a pendulum do,
Bobbys on bicycles, two by two......"
Halt - who goes there? If you move I will let my donkey bite you 202
Hah ! all so interesting ... makes me think back to the issue of the level of fitness of our new police force .. went down to the BP station down the road to buty ciggies just now . there was some drama with some guy with his imaginary gold card that got swiped twice .. anyhow two members of our illustrious new police force arrived .. nice pleasant folk .. eased the guy out of the BP shop .. but Ohmigawd were they a very round and robust team ... the man and the lady were rotund beyond all measure .. no ways they could do pursuit of a criminal on foot .. what happened to their proposed fitness program ??
I blame part of this on that PE or PT is no longer part of our regular school routine .. I see young men not even in their 20 's walking around in worse physical shape than me no posture etc .. slim but with already sprouting potbellies . .. I thank the stars that we had PE yonks ago .. it was a good foundation ... and still bears its evidence in me many years later ...
PT did'nt help me much....... round as an Orange I am...... chocolate-51 BierSuip 36_1_72 Have'nt figured out how this happened yet!
its genetics as well Mike ...
Yeh, yeh ... blame the parents ... I blame mine for me having to work to earn a living when I could have been born a millionaire ...
cat1.gif .. no not blaming .. in my case blessing .. has bearing .. although studies on identical twins show how lifestyle and mental attitude can actually subtly alter a persons genetic make up for the better or the worse ..
No History of Heart attacks in My family.... SO bring that cancer on baby! hammer