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Captain McLean had ascertained that the NPA decided on 5 December 2021 not to prosecute the assault and intimidation docket, which was withdrawn from the CAS system on 13 January 2022.
“Captain McLean had also ascertained that the NPA decided on 5 December 2021 already not to prosecute the assault and intimidation docket , and the docket had been withdrawn from the CAS system on 13 January 2022 .”
The CAS system is an administrative system to register case dockets; when an investigation ends or a case is closed (e.g. nolle prosequi), the docket is closed and archived but not deleted, leaving an audit trail.
“It actually should read closed , Commissioner . What we have , we have a CAS administration system , which is an administrations system for our dockets . So if the case docket is opened, it would be registered on the CAS system . So at the end of an investigation , whether it is unfounded , whether a warrant of arrest was issued , you will then close the docket and it will be closed on the CAS system , as in I think in this specific case , it was an olle prosequi , if I am not mistaken . So the docket would have been closed on the CAS system as an olle prosequi . But as I said , I do not have the docket in front of me , so I am not sure exactly as what it was closed . But then it would get archived . So that is in essence what happened . So there will not be any further queries on the administration system , bring forward dates and that kind of thing . But the docket will show that it has been archived , and you can go and find the docket there .”
The docket that was withdrawn from the CAS system means it was closed, not deleted, since deletion is not possible due to an audit trail.
“It does not mean , because that is how I had read it , because I do not know your systems . So when you say withdrawn from the CAS system , I had read it to mean it had been deleted from the systems . No , it cannot be deleted . There will always be an audit trail , so you cannot delete that .”
Witness I states that an inquiry is opened on CAS system with a file indicating alleged criminality, assigned to a member to run and conduct preliminary investigation and get evidential material, supervised by commanders.
“The inquiry is opened on the CAS system, and a file is opened with the alleged criminality being indicated... it is given to a member to run and start conducting preliminary investigations... This process is monitored by your Commanders.”