# Action Society says the crisis at the SAPS Ballistics Division confirms the urgent need to decentralise South Africa’s forensic services. Evidence at the Madlanga Commission of Inquiry this week revealed that the ballistics division is overwhelmed by a backlog of over 41-thousand criminal cases, hamstrung by staff shortages and paralysed by delays. Action Society’s Juanita du Preez says the backlog is a national emergency, but it is also a symptom of something far deeper:
Action Society is concerned by the crisis at the SAPS Ballistics Division [SOUND]
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