More than 500 police vehicles are parked, waiting for repairs, in only four EC police stations

Officers left without response vehicles while crime surges across province

Ten years ago, DispatchLIVE (http://www.dispatchlive.co.za) reported that police vehicles had been left to rot at state garages for months due to a shortage of parts; exactly a decade later, hundreds of broken-down Eastern Cape police vehicles are  standing forlornly, awaiting attention in state garages across the province...

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