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Original Post Date: 2008-07-17 Time: 10:00:06 Posted By: Jan
By Lindsay Dentlinger and Lavern de Vries
Cape Town police Inspector Lukas Nel, 35, was not wearing a bullet-proof vest when he was shot dead while on regular police patrol, the police confirmed on Wednesday.
Lukas died from bullet wounds sustained in a shoot-out with a suspected robber in Tamboerskloof shortly before 4am on Tuesday.
Police spokesperson Captain Randall Stoffels said on Wednesday that it was not known why Nel had not been wearing the vest, but he had definitely had one issued to him.
He would also have been expected to be wearing one during patrol on Monday morning.
His partner, who jumped out of their vehicle to pursue the suspect on foot, had been wearing a vest, Stoffels said.
Nel’s autopsy will be carried out on Wednesday and only then will it be determined whether a bullet-proof vest would have saved his life.
A row has broken out between the SAPS and DA spokesperson on community safety Lennit Max, who claimed on Tuesday that the SAPS did not have enough vests for its force of about 20 000.
“Every member who goes on patrol should be protected and wear a vest, but contrary to what the police say, there are not enough bullet-proof vests,” said Max.
Provincial police spokesperson Andre Traut, however, dismissed the criticism, saying tthe SAPS was not battling a shortage of vests.
Stoffels said on Wednesday that some officers had personal vests issued to them, as had Nel, while others were issued one when they did operational work.
He could not say whether Nel’s vest was in the car while he was on patrol.
Nel, a father of three, had been in the police force for 16 years and was the second officer in four days to be killed in the city.
The Cape Argus reported in November that a DA safety and security contingent had conducted a study, sampling 11 police stations out of the more than 1 300 in the country.
During their investigation they discovered that Western Cape police stations lacked basic necessities enjoyed by most other stations, including bullet-proof vests and other operational equipment.
Max told the Cape Argus he had continued visiting police stations and that his fears followed a visit to Piketberg station three weeks ago.
According to Max, police officers were usually issued with a standard police-issued firearm and vest when appointed.
“But sometimes there aren’t enough vests and the members have to borrow each other’s vests, but because there are also hygiene issues, some will go out on patrol without a vest.”
The department of community safety’s Makhaya Manie said Max’s fears were “premature” because the police still needed to complete their investigation to determine which of the two bullets that hit Nel had killed him.
“If he (Max) has an audit of the shortages, it would be wise for him to send it to the police commissioner,” he said.
A source who declined to be named said Nel had almost always worn a vest and the fact that he hadn’t worn one on Tuesday was “strange”.
Meanwhile, the Tamboerskloof Neighbourhood Watch has decided to set up a fund to assist Nel’s wife and family.