station commander

The speaker states that the duty to ensure submission of exhibits to the FSL within 7 working days lies with the investigating officer and the station and detective commander, roles the speaker did not hold.

“Paragraph 20.4.2.15(3)(f) of the National Instruction 8/2017 places the duty on the investigating officer who must ensure submission within 7 working days. Paragraph 0.4.3. Similarly, paragraph 8.3 of the National Instruction 8/2017 places the responsibility on the Station Commander, SAP 13 official and the Detective Commander. I held none of the designated roles.”

Warrant Officer Magane's involvement in attending to crime scenes is incidental, not part of his day-to-day work, but part of his daily duties is environmental scanning and driving around to detect new potential criminal opportunities, reporting these to the Station Commander.

“I am not every day outside and … doing crime prevention duties... it is part of my daily duties. Because this is required that I give feedback. I give feedback to the Station Commander. Even if there is no crime that is prevalent at a certain spot, but I must drive around and see if there are no new features that might end up maybe giving opportunity to criminals.”

Warrant Officer Magane confirms he informed his superior, the Station Commander, about going into the operation for control purposes to ensure the superior knows about his whereabouts and for safety reasons.

“That is correct. Because when you 19; it is just for a control purposes. So that it can not later emerge that he does not know about your whereabouts. And it is always fair and safe to inform your superior, unless you have got some ulterior motives.”

If exhibits were left at Isipingo SAPS, the responsibility for the exhibits would be with the station commander and the SAP 13 clerk to keep them secure.

“it would have been the responsibility of the station commander and obviously the SAP 13 clerk to ensure that the exhibits are kept behind lock and key”