Should S.Africa have a ratio of 1:150 because of the High Crime rate....?

Question

Should the Police force in South Africa have double the
compliment of men and women in it, because of the
high crime rate............................................................

Police men and women to answer this in any country,
including South Africa..................................................

Answer 1

This is a tough call because your question is about an entire nation. Most police forces are local, or city police in the U.S. There are also state police, but they are primarily responsible for state law enforcement and do not interfere with localities. The F.B.I. or Federal Bureau of Investigation, is a kind of U.S. government police force, but they have again different priorities than the local and state police.
The danger of a national police force of great size is the fear of becoming a police state. The security it gives comes with a price and that price is freedom.
The answer is not always more police. A good start is to look at what social issues are causing the high crime.