This document aims to present the issues raised during the discussions that took place at the Digital Video Conference organised by the United Stated Embassy in Pretoria on 18 August 2003 between the Chief of the Internal Affairs Bureau and…
The aim of this document is to present suggestions that could become part of an anticorruption strategy for the South African Police Services (SAPS) Area Johannesburg. The ideas presented in this paper have been documented in much of the literature…
This paper discusses Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) statistics, and reviews what it is that they actually reveal. It shows that most complaints received by the ICD are not from victims of police brutality, but from members of the public dissatisfied…
Recently the SAPS announced that it would close its anti-corruption unit and integrate some of its members into the organised crime unit. This paper draws on international experience to argue that this decision is a mistake and that a specialised…
In a country whose Constitution protects the right to life it would appear reasonable that the law should deal in clear terms with the taking of such life. Yesterday (Wednesday 21 May 2003) marked a year since the Constitutional Court…
This paper attempts to provide some lessons for democratic reform of the police in Kenya. While the paper draws on international literature on the subject it is grounded in the South African experience following the election of South Africa's first…