2.3.3 Twelve homicides were reported in the 2011/12 financial year. In four of these cases the deaths occurred as a result of violence by an official on an offender. In all four cases, officials implicated were subjected to disciplinary action, but no information on whether criminal action was taken, was provided. The JICS confirmed however that of the homicides in which officials were implicated in the 2010/11 financial year, the South African Police Service (SAPS) closed the files in the majority of cases, and in the case of those submitted for prosecution the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) elected not to prosecute.