Thabiso Kotane was in conversation with Athlenda Mathe SAPS. Police have increased the danger pay for its elite units in a bid to keep them from moving to the private sector. This follows a recent exodus of members from the Special Task Force and National Intervention Unit who have opted to join private security for better pay. It costs the taxpayer R1.1 million to train one Special Task Force member and just a little less than that to train a National Intervention Unit member. In a bid to retain the country’s most elite police members, the South African Police Service (SAPS) has increased the danger pay for members of the Special Task Force and National Intervention Unit to R21,000 from a measly R4,000.