ad hoc security services

Ad hoc security services are requested by any department within the City as soon as they realize they need security outside of existing services, triggering a process managed by Director Malatji's office including due diligence and quotations before deployment.

“Ad hoc services arise the moment the department realizes that there is a need for security at either of their sites and they would ... Any department within the City. The moment it realizes that they need security outside the ones that they are having, it becomes ad hoc security services. And they would send a request or they should send a request to TMPD, my office, right, for those services. And once those services, I meant those requests are received, my office would kickstart the process of making sure that due diligence is done before the actual deployment is affected. So due diligence, Commissioner, would include the, it would include my office acknowledging receipt. I would instruct the operational team to do the security risk assessment, and once they are done with that, we would identify a need for a GL account from the department to commit that they will be responsible for the payment of that ad hoc security services that they are requesting. And I would go back to them to say kindly provide GL account from which these services would be paid for the period that you are requesting. They would do that. And also the issue of we will then get the quotations and get them to sign, approve those quotations. Once this process is done and we deploy, I instruct deployment of the companies so identified and approved by the department. I must make a mention that ad hoc services is the responsibility, payment thereof is the responsibility of the department that is requesting ad hoc services.”

Sean Bolhuis did not stop the ad hoc security services after becoming aware of them.

“he did not stop those services.”

There is no budget whatsoever for ad hoc security services; only ongoing ad hoc services integrated into the operation are covered by the budget.

“Did you mean that there is no budget whatsoever for adhoc security services? No. Look, as I explained before, if adhoc has come in already and it is now part of the operationalisation on a daily, monthly basis, then that would have been counted in and worked in. But for something arising going forwards, that is not budgeted for whatsoever.”