Untitled - Saps
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1996<br />
10 Years of Policing in a Democracy 1995 – 2005<br />
• The final phase in the restructuring of the SAPS was completed in March 1996 with the<br />
appointment of 746 persons to the levels of director and senior superintendent.<br />
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• In April 1996, Cabinet set up an interdepartmental committee of directors-general<br />
to drive anti-crime efforts and to oversee the implementation of the National Crime<br />
Prevention Strategy (NCPS). The Crime Prevention Committee was made up of the<br />
most senior officials in the Safety and Security and Defence Secretariats, the SAPS, the<br />
SANDF, the National Intelligence Agency, the SA Secret Service, the Department of<br />
Justice and the Department of Correctional Services.<br />
• Six South African universities joined in the fight against crime by making their facilities<br />
available for the training of station commissioners at 132 police stations.<br />
• On 24 April 1996, it was announced that about R240 million had been set aside to<br />
upgrade 65 police stations throughout the country.<br />
An observation post between the RSA and Lesotho. SAPS members use<br />
these posts to watch out for possible smuggling routes and stolen cattle<br />
• The newly formed Southern African Regional Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization<br />
(SARPCCO) held a meeting in Midrand in February 1996. Representatives from<br />
Angola, Tanzania, Mozambique, Botswana, Namibia, Zambia, Lesotho, South Africa,<br />
Zimbabwe, Malawi and Swaziland attended the meeting. Among the resolutions adopted<br />
were to improve communication and technology; to standardize vehicle clearance<br />
certificates in order to combat cross-border vehicle theft; to establish a central database;<br />
to improve border control; and to address corruption and undertake joint operations in<br />
identified flashpoint areas.<br />
• The National Commissioner’s Annual Police Plan, required in terms of legislation passed<br />
in 1995, was presented to Cabinet the first time at the end of April 1996. It detailed<br />
SAPS crime-combating strategies and was the first real attempt at prioritizing the use of<br />
existing police resources. Priority crimes dealt with in the plan included murder, domestic<br />
and sexual violence, stock theft, housebreaking, witchcraft, gang-related offences,<br />
hijacking, taxi violence, corruption, narcotics-related crime, serious economic offences<br />
and politically motivated massacres.<br />
• In May 1996, it was announced that South Africa’s intelligence agencies would, in future,<br />
consult the SAPS on the gathering of crime-related information. The signatories to this<br />
agreement were the SAPS, the National Intelligence Agency, the SA Secret Service and<br />
the SANDF.<br />
• In June 1996, a “sword and shield” policing plan was launched. Primary objectives of<br />
the plan included reducing hijackings, violent crime, the illegal possession of firearms,<br />
organized crime and police corruption.