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Crime intelligence products
In the financial year under review, Crime Intelligence produced a total of 172520 8
products.
Strategic intelligence and information products
These products were provided to the National Commissioner, the Minister for Safety and Security, the Presidency, and
political decision makers. In the 2003/2004 financial year, Crime Intelligence produced 314 strategic intelligence
reports. The strategic intelligence reports highlighted crime trends and patterns, and guided the deployment of
resources.
Tactical information/intelligence reports
Tactical intelligence refers to intelligence used by operational units to address threats/issues such as the whereabouts
of wanted suspects. In the financial year under review, Crime Intelligence produced 80 812 tactical intelligence
reports. Tactical intelligence reports guided operational units to specific locations and individuals linked to criminal
activities, leading to the arrest of wanted suspects and suspicious persons such as drug couriers.
Crime prevention information/intelligence reports
Crime prevention intelligence/information reports are forwarded to operational units for purposes of preventing the
perpetration of certain criminal acts. In the 2003/2004 financial year, 64 051 crime prevention/intelligence reports
were produced and forwarded to operational units. As a result of crime prevention/intelligence reports, crimes such
as bank robberies, cash-in-transit heists, taxi-related attacks, and faction-related attacks have been prevented.
Information products
Crime Intelligence structures produced a total of 27 343 information reports in the 2003/2004 financial year. These
reports assisted divisional commissioners and provincial commissioners in making decisions relating to the
identification of crime-prone areas and the deployment of resources to address crime in identified areas.
The success that Crime Intelligence achieves is not necessarily manifest at the conclusion of an operation or project.
Information that Crime Intelligence gathers and supplies to the Detective Service may lead to further investigations
and court cases. The successful results of an operation or project might only become apparent at the conclusion of
a court case, which could be a considerable time after the operation or project has ended.
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This figure must be interpreted in the context of the functions of Crime Intelligence. Thus, for example, more than 200 reports can be aimed at a specific
crime threat.
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