Vote 22: Safety and Security Department of Police

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Vote 22Safety and Security(Department of
Police)

• Briefing to the Select Committee on Security and
  Constitutional Development
• 30 June 2009

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Index (Doc 1)

• Strategic Overview

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Strategic Direction of the SAPS

• The SAPS Strategic Plan 2005 to 2010 provides the
  strategic direction of the SAPS for a five-year
  period.
• The Annual Performance Plan, extrapolated from
  the Strategic Plan 2005 to 2010, indicates the
  priorities and objectives that the SAPS will
  focus on during a particular financial year.

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Strategic Direction of the SAPS (continued)

• The SAPS Annual Performance Plan for 2009 / 2010
  therefore extends the policing priorities and
  objectives within the strategic direction
  provided by the Strategic Plan 2005 / 2010.

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Strategic Direction of the SAPS (continued)

• The most important Constitutional, legislative,
  functional and policy mandates applicable to SAPS
  are summarized as follows
• Constitution of the Republic of South Africa,
  1996 (Act No 108 of 1996)
• South African Police Service Act, 1995 (Act No 68
  of 1995)
• Public Finance Management Act, 1999 (Act No 1 of
  1999)
• Public Service Regulations, 2001
• Treasury Regulations, 2005
• State of the Nation Address
• Medium-term Strategic Framework
• Goals and objectives of the JCPS Cluster
• National Crime Prevention Strategy
• Government Programme of Action (POA)
• National Crime Combating Strategy (NCCS2000)

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Strategic Direction of the SAPS (continued)

• The SAPS Strategic Plan 2005 / 2010 focuses on
  four key strategic priorities
• 1 Combating organized crimes, focusing on
• drug and firearm trafficking
• vehicle theft and hijacking
• commercial crime and
• Corruption.
• 2 Combating serious and violent crime by
  adopting strategies aimed at
• Countering the proliferation of firearms
• Improving safety and security in high-crime
  areas
• Combating crimes such as taxi and gang violence
  and faction fighting and
• Maintaining security at public events, among
  other venues.

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Strategic Direction of the SAPS (continued)

• 3 Combating crime against women and children and
  focusing on
• Rape
• Domestic violence
• Assault and
• Child abuse.
• 4 Improving basic service delivery in the SAPS
  through ensuring that Batho Pele Action Plans and
  Service Delivery Charters are implemented at all
  levels.

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Selected Performance and Operations Indicators

• Rate of detecting contact and property-related
  crimes.
• Rate of convicting contact and property-related
  crimes.
• Percentage of previous conviction reports
  generated within 30 days.
• Percentage of exhibits analyzed within 35 days.

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Selected Performance and Operations Indicators
(continued)

• Rate of reduction of contact crimes.
• Total number of national partnerships to prevent
  contact crimes, property-related crimes and
  crimes dependent on police action for detection.
• Number of arrests per year as a result of police
  actions to prevent contact crimes,
  property-related crimes and crimes dependent on
  police action for detection.

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Key Strategic Initiatives

• Firearms Strategy
• Crime against women and children strategy
• Prevention of Police Attacks and Killings
  Strategy
• Risk Management Strategy
• Corruption and Fraud Prevention Strategy
• Service Delivery Improvement Programme

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Firearms Strategy

• The purpose of the strategy is to eradicate the
  proliferation of firearms available for use in
  crime and violence in South Africa. The Firearm
  Strategy consists of a number of pillars and the
  following progress has been made regarding the
  implementation of each pillar
• Reduction and eradication of the illegal pool and
  criminal use of firearms.

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Firearms Strategy(continued)

• Specific projects have been initiated to ensure
  the effective management of the effects of the
  operations, include the following
• The number of firearms in the evidence management
  stores of the SAPS.
• The number of declarations of unfitness to
  possess a firearm that had to be processed.
• The circulation of confiscated or recovered
  firearms.
• The decentralization of the destruction of
  confiscated firearms to the various provinces
  contributed to the increase in the number of
  firearms

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Crime against Women and Children

• The purpose of the strategy is to reduce the
  incidence of crimes against women and children,
  as well as to ensure the proper investigation of
  sexual offences such as rape and indecent
  assault. The strategy includes the following
  initiatives
• The Victim Empowerment Programme
• Anti-rape initiative

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Prevention of Police Attacks and Killings

• The Prevention of Police Killings and Attacks
  Strategy focuses on the reduction of the
  incidence of attacks on and the murder of police
  officials. The Strategy has three key
  objectives, namely
• Ensure that SAPS personnel members are equipped
  to perform operational duties, including the
  so-called critical items of equipment.
• Ensure that SAPS personnel members are trained
  in operational techniques, as provided by the
  SAPSs Training Division.
• Ensure that the relevant policies and procedures,
  that govern the equipment used by personnel in
  performing operational duties, and the manner in
  which those duties are performed, are adhered

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Corruption and Fraud Prevention Strategy

• The SAPS Corruption and Fraud Prevention Plan
  has been developed in line with governments
  requirements. It includes prevention, detection,
  investigation and restoration elements. In
  addition and apart from improved levels of
  control established by means of regulatory
  frame- works to eliminate the possibility of
  fraud and corruption, the departments code of
  conduct also provide indication of standards of
  conduct required of all employees in performing
  the functions associated with the Policing
  Service that is provided to all communities.

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Risk Management Strategy

• The SAPS Risk Management Framework has been
  compiled in line with the requirements of the
  Treasury Regulations as well as the Public Sector
  Risk Management Framework. The SAPS Risk
  Management Framework requires all Divisions and
  Provinces to identify assess and manage risks
  that may impact on the realising of the
  organisations strategic and / or operational
  objectives in terms of the impact and likelihood
  of he risks as well as the effectiveness of
  control measures in place to address the risks.

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Service Delivery Improvement Programme

• The purpose of the Service Delivery Improvement
  Programme is primarily to focus on the improving
  of service delivery within the Service,
  particularly at station level, but also to give
  full effect to the legislative and government
  policy requirements for the establishing and
  managing of a Service Delivery Improvement
  Programme.