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Metro Police conduct of members; training and relationship with SAPS; Metro Police cases/outcomes: IPID briefing
7 Sep 2016
Senior South African Police Service management and Chiefs of the Metropolitan Police Services briefed the Committee on the mandate, units, training and relationship between Services as well as conduct of the Metropolitan Police Service members. Members were first prepped by the Committee’s Content Adviser who provided information on the establishment ...
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IPID on its Jan - Jun 2016 performance; IPID Act: implementation
6 Sep 2016
The Portfolio Committee on Police received a briefing from the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) on its performance over the last two quarters. The Committee’s Researcher pointed out a number of concerns about the spending patterns of the IPID, which were mainly related to expenditure on non-core items and the ...
Police
Annual Crime Statistics 2015/16: SAPS and Police Ministry briefing
2 Sep 2016
The South African Police Service (SAPS), led by the Minister and Acting National Commissioner, released its annual crime statistics to the Committee. A very detailed presentation was provided to Members looking at methodology for data collection and raw figures and quality improvement initiatives before turning to the two broad categories ...
Police
Farlam Commission recommendations; 1st Quarter 2016/17 & 4th Quarter 2015/16 SAPS performance
31 Aug 2016
The Committee met with the South African Police Service (SAPS) to receive briefings firstly on fourth and first quarterly expenditure for the 2015/16 and 2016/17 financial years respectively. The Committee first received a preparatory briefing by the Committee researcher in terms of the budget cycle and in-year monitoring and the ...
Police
Rural Safety Plan: SAPS, African Farmers Association, SA Human Rights Commission briefings
26 Aug 2016
The South African Police Service (SAPS) spoke about the Rural Safety Strategy implementation, what actions had been undertaken in support of the strategy, the development and implementation of the rural safety plan, defining acts of violence on farms and smallholdings, identified good practices, crime prevention actions in rural areas and ...
Police
Tshwane Protests & other hot spots, Crime Intelligence in detecting unrest; Elections police deployment; Senior Management appointments
24 Aug 2016
SAPS eported that 2016 municipal elections deployment planning commenced in 2015. A three-phased approach was implemented: Phase 1: Build up to election activities February to July 2016 - this involved the screening of IEC officials and service providers, securing of voter registration days and intensifying stabilization operations of hotspots and ...
Police
Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (Hawks) status report
23 Aug 2016
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), the HAWKS, briefed the Committee on various aspects of information that the Committee had requested at their last meeting, which included the staff establishment and how it intended to fill the 700 vacancies in the organisation. Also covered were a motivation for, and ...
Police
Committee Programme & Key Priorities
16 Aug 2016
With its first meeting for the third term, the Committee met to consider a number of draft Committee minutes, a draft oversight report and the programme and key priorities for the Committee for the third term. The Chairperson took Members through the Committee programme for the coming term highlighting key ...
At its last meeting before the Parliamentary recess, the Committee met to work through a packed agenda of briefings by the SA Police Service (SAPS) in the presence of the Minister of Police.
SAPS began with a briefing on its recently reviewed basic training learning programme, which provided background information ...
Police
Committee Report on Police Research Seminar on Risk Factors for Police; Committee Programme
20 Apr 2016
The Committee adopted its Committee Report on Police Research Seminar on Risk Factors for Police held on 17 February 2016.
The Committee discussed its Committee Programme for the rest of the term ending early on 27 May due to the upcoming municipal elections. The 26 April meeting with the Firearms ...