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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
Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority on its 2016 Annual Performance Plan
24 May 2016
The Committee met to consider the budget, strategic plan and annual performance plan (APP) of the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). The Committee was initially briefed by the Committee researcher, whose comprehensive presentation covered introductory remarks, expenditure estimates of the Authority for 2016/17 and the overall financial position of ...
Police
Central Firearms Registry progress report; SA Hunters Association court case & Firearm Appeal Board recommendations
20 May 2016
The Central Firearms Registry provided a progress report on its past year concerning applications and renewals for firearm licences. The Central Firearm Registry (CFR) Turn-Around Strategy was developed to address challenges impacting negatively on the performance of the CFR. Implementation is driven through the an action plan managed by the ...
Police
Committee Report on Police, Independent Police Investigative Directorate & Civilian Secretariat for Police Budget
19 Apr 2016
The Committee considered and adopted, as amended, the Draft Budget Vote Reports on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), the Civilian Secretariat for Police (CSP) and the Department of Police (SAPS). The recommendations of the Committee were considered the crux of each Draft Report and were dealt with first. Thereafter, ...
Police
Budget Hearings: Civilian Secretariat for Police and Independent Police Investigative Directorate
12 Apr 2016
The Committee was briefedefed on the Budgets and Annual Performance Plans 2016/17 for the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and the Civilian Secretariat for Police. Before the briefing, opportunity was afforded to civil society organisations to provide their input on the budget of the SA Police Service. The Nyanga Community Policing ...
Police
South African Police Service Programme 5; Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation : 2016 Annual Performance Plans
8 Apr 2016
The South African Police Service (SAPS) presented its Programme 5: Protection and Security Services plans to the Committee. The main strategic objective in this environment was addressing serious corruption, and cases where officials were involved in procurement fraud. The performance indicators were set out, and related to percentage of case ...