Duncan Village police station is in the dark as police and BCM argue over who is to blame.
Police officers at the busy station are using torches and headlamps at the station amid a prolonged outage.
Spokesperson Warrant Officer Hazel Mqala said that at the beginning of September a BCM transformer blew up and knocked out the network.
Buffalo City Metro spokesperson Samkelo Ngwenya denied they were responsible.
He said the the fault was with the station’s own power network, not BCM.
He said the SAPS should hire their own electrician.
“Our inspections have yielded a cable fault on the side of the station and they were informed they should get their own private electrician.”
Mqala said the police had reported the faulty transformer to BCM on several occasions but in vain.
“Things are now done the old way manually, which takes lot of time.
“Even attempts to dig up old cases are suffering without the computers.”
Mqala said the power outage also affected the landline to the station.
“When dealing with media enquiries, I have to call the station commander directly on his cellphone.”..