Police
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 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 ...
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
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 ...
Police
SAPS on 2016 budget for Programmes 3 to 5 (Detective Services, Crime Intelligence, Protection and Security Services)
7 Apr 2016
The Acting National Commissioner of Police continued to brief the Committee on the budget and strategic plans for Programmes 3 (Detective Services) and 4 (Crime Intelligence) of the South African Police Services (SAPS), and with time remaining, part of Programme 5 (Protection and Security Services) was also included with remaining ...