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DPCI firearms and narcotics units; Firearms audit at Western Cape stations; Festive Season operations
29 Nov 2017
The Committee was briefed by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) on its specialised firearms and narcotics units, and by the South African Police Service on the findings from the firearms audits at the Mitchells Plain and Bellville South police stations in the Western Cape. The SAPS also gave ...
Police
Firearms Amnesty: SAPS briefing; Crime Intelligence on Quarter 2 performance & vetting process
15 Nov 2017
Members of the Committee expressed shock that a brigadier in the South African Police Service (SAPS), who was under investigation for accepting R50 000 for providing a fellow officer with an illegal clearance certificate several months ago, had been nominated to undertake an official visit to France this month. They also ...
Police
DPCI on missing firearms at Western Cape police stations; illegal mining; illicit financial flows; SAPS KZN response to Committee oversight
14 Nov 2017
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) briefed the Committee on the status of investigations into the Mitchell’s Plain and Bellville South Police Station missing firearms. On 17 October 2017, police officers from Manenberg Crime Intelligence and Visible Policing, stopped and searched a known adult male gang member, who is ...
Police
Firearm Amnesty 2018; IT plan of action: SAPS briefing
8 Nov 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) briefed the Committee on the planned firearm amnesty for the year 2018, pointing out that the focused operations during previous amnesty periods had resulted in an increased number of firearms surrendered. Firearms could be surrendered at any police station in South Africa.
The police ...
Police
IPID + CSP on Quarter 2 performance
7 Nov 2017
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) and Civil Secretariat for Police (CSP) briefed the Committee on their performance during the second quarter of the 2017-18 financial year.
The CSP reported it had filled 143 of its 150 vacant posts by the end of the quarter, resulting in a vacancy rate ...
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SAPS & DPCI Quarter 2 performance
1 Nov 2017
The South African Police Service (SAPS) and the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigations (DPCI) briefed the Committee on their Quarter 2 performance.
SAPS said that 73.32% of its targets were achieved, 21.93% were not achieved, while 1.75% of targets were not measured. It had filled more than 99% of its ...
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Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill: Civilian Secretariat for Police briefing
25 Oct 2017
The Civilian Secretariat for Police Service briefed the Committee on the Critical Infrastructure Protection Bill. The discussions were preliminary as the Bill was yet to be sent out for public comments.
The Bill sought to bring the legal framework for the protection of critical infrastructure in line with the constitutional ...
Police
Minister of Police briefing; SAPS, IPID & CSP Budgetary Review and Recommendations Reports
6 Oct 2017
Crime fighting in SA would be intelligence-led. The Minister of Police, Mr Fikile Mbalula revealed this when he briefed the Portfolio Committee on Police of drastic plans to tighten police operations in the country.
Minister Mbalula stated that visible policing needs extra personnel. There are challenges facing the Department because ...
Police
Civilian Secretariat for Police & IPID 2016/17 Annual Reports
4 Oct 2017
The total budget for the Civilian Secretariat was R110.6 million for the 2016/17 financial year. As of 1 March 2017, the Civilian Secretariat had exhausted 89.9 percent of its total budget. The administration programme accounted for around 40 percent of total expenditure as a result of centralised ...
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SAPS 2016/17 Annual Report
2 Oct 2017
The Committee met for its first day of hearings on the 2016/17 Annual Report of the SA Police Service (SAPS). Members were first briefed by the Auditor-General of SA (AGSA) where it was pointed out that for the first time in eight years that SAPS received ...