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Domestic Violence Act; Firearms Control Act; Civilian Secretariat Act: implementation; Civilian Secretariat performance: Mid-Year Review
5 Nov 2014
The Civilian Secretariat for Police and South African Police Service (SAPS) briefing on the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act (DVA) looked at specific duties prescribed to SAPS, the level of compliance nationally and per province, availability of Victim Friendly Rooms (VFRs) and non-compliance complaints. The Secretariat also discussed the ...
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Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority on its 2013/14 Annual Report
29 Oct 2014
The Committee met with the Executive and Council of the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA) on its 2013/14 annual report. The first part of the briefing covered matters which were raised in the last budget briefing with the Committee and included the lease of the corporate head office, disposal ...
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SAPS & Police Secretariat on their 2013/14 Annual Reports
16 Oct 2014
The National Police Commissioner told the Committee the objective of crime intelligence was to contribute to the neutralising of crime by gathering, collating and analysing intelligence that led to an actionable policing activity. About 34 534 network operations were conducted in crime intelligence operations. 309 165 intelligence products had been ...
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South African Police Services 2013/14 Annual Report: AGSA on audit outcomes, Committee section summary, SAPS on Detective Services and DPCI
15 Oct 2014
The Auditor-General South Africa (AGSA) firstly briefed the Committee on the audit outcomes of the South African Police Services (SAPS or the Department), for the 2013/14 financial year. There had been an overall improvement in the audit outcomes for SAPS and Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSIRA). However, AGSA indicated ...
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SAPS on 1st Quarter Performance
19 Sep 2014
The South African Police Service (SAPS) presented a report on its expenditure during the first quarter of the 2014-15 financial year. The meeting was attended by fewer Members of the Portfolio Committee than usual, owing to the annual announcement of crime statistics and subsequent debate in Parliament.
SAPS pointed out ...
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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.
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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 ...