the mortuary vans, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Commissioner of Police, informatio…
(No. B/164) Mr C. Lukeeram (Third Member for Mahebourg & Plaine Magnien) asked the Prime Minister, Minister of Defence, Home Affairs and External Communications, Minister of Finance, Minister for Rodrigues and Outer Islands whether, in regard to the mortuary vans, he will, for the benefit of the House, obtain from the Commissioner of Police, information as to the number thereof at the disposal of the Mauritius Police Force, indicating whether consideration will be given for the acquisition and deployment of at least one such van in each Police division.
Reply: I am informed by the Commissioner of Police that since March 2020, the services of Police mortuary vans have been decentralised to ensure a faster response for the transfer of dead bodies to mortuaries. Presently, the Mauritius Police Force operates a fleet of seven mortuary vans. Out of these, one van is based at Transport Guardroom at Line Barracks to cover the Metropolitan North Division and Metropolitan South Division, while one van is stationed at each of the following Divisional Support Units – (i) Northern Division at Piton; (ii) Southern Division at Rose Belle; (iii) Eastern Division at Flacq; (iv) Central Division at Curepipe; (v) Western Division at Rose Hill, and (vi) Rodrigues Division at Port Mathurin. The present arrangement for the deployment of mortuary vans at each Division meets the operational requirements of the Mauritius Police Force. However, with a view to reinforcing the present capacity of the fleet in case of breakdown or repairs of a mortuary van, the Police Department is planning to acquire two new mortuary vans. MAURITIUS – VARIETIES OF DEMOCRACY INSTITUTE 2026 REPORT – RECLASSIFICATION – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS