By Johnathan Paoli
The DA has vowed to quadruple Nelson Mandela Bay’s Metro Police department to more than 500 officers within five years if elected to run the metro after the 2026 local government elections, saying the current law enforcement capacity has collapsed.
Speaking in KwaNobuhle in Kariega on Thursday, DA Nelson Mandela Bay mayoral candidate Retief Odendaal announced what the party described as “game-changing plans” to overhaul the city’s Metro Police Department.
“Nelson Mandela Bay’s Metro Police has become a law enforcement agency in name only, as it struggles on with only 126 officers and four operational vehicles to serve 60 wards. After the 2026 Local Government Elections on 4 November, with a DA-led government elected in Nelson Mandela Bay, in just 12 months we will be able to double the number of metro police officers and increase the fleet capacity to get these officers onto the streets,” Odendaal
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