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Private Security Regulatory Authority on its 2014 Strategic Plan
30 Jul 2014
The Committee convened for a briefing on the Private Security Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) Strategic Plan. PSIRA is an independent entity that receives no government funding and it is overseen by the Portfolio Committee on Police. The Committee asked questions on member compliance, firearm registration, financial instability, training of security officers, ...
Police
Committee Reports on Police and Independent Police Investigative Directorate 2014 budgets
11 Jul 2014
The Portfolio Committee on Police met to consider and adopt the budget reports and annual performance plans presented by the South African Police Service, the Independent Police Investigative Directorate, and the Civilian Secretariat of Police. The Committee voted to adopt the reports, pending implementation of grammatical corrections.
Police
SAPS 2014 Strategic Plan: Programme 4: Crime Intelligence; IPID Annual Performance Plan & Budget
4 Jul 2014
The National Commissioner for Police presented the plans for Programme 4: Crime Intelligence. During the discussion, MPs asked questions about mandatory psychological debriefings; the Mdluli matter; abuse of covert operations; over-classification in vetting and political interference in the vetting process. The Chairperson stated that the Committee plans to look very ...
Police
SAPS 2014 Annual Performance Plan: Programme 2: Visible Policing & Programme 3: Detective Services
3 Jul 2014
The South African Police Service, led by National Commissioner Riah Phiyega, presented on Programme 2: Visible Policing and Programme 3: Detective Services. The Committee asked questions about SAPS University, Jackie Selebi's legal costs, the mental wellbeing of SAPS members, corruption and criminality in SAPS, the effectiveness of public order policing ...
The Committee researchers briefed the Portfolio Committee on its responsibilities and the key issues facing the four government entities over which it had oversight. The Institute for Security Studies presented its research on the problems associated with SAPS and IPID. The Minister of Police spoke about the role of SAPS ...
Police
Election of Chairperson
25 Jun 2014
In an unanimous decision, Mr F Beukman (ANC) was elected as Committee Chairperson.
A document packet that included decisions made by the previous Committee in the form of the Legacy Report and the budget of the institutions under the Committee’s oversight was distributed to the Committee members. A draft committee ...