This is a report on the SAPS Area Johannesburg Community Policing Board Workshop, which occurred on 12 April 2003. The key objective of this workshop was to work towards creating synergy between the vision of the South African Police Services…
The subsequent report is a previous attempt to understand the phenomenon of police brutality in South Africa. It forms part of a series of reports commissioned by the Southern African Human Rights NGO Network (SAHRINGON). These reports were intended to…
This paper argues that the role played by civilian oversight committees should be modelled on that of the 'civilian review' agencies which have emerged in many countries, and which this paper describes. This would involve these agencies in focusing on…
This subsequent report aims to contribute to documenting the evolution of municipal policing in South Africa. Establishing fully operational police agencies is no easy task, and all municipal police agencies face steep learning curves in their initial years. It is…
This study is intended to capture the feelings and perceptions of metro police officers 'on the ground' about issues of victim empowerment and trauma management. The findings of this study were presented to a national workshop for Metro Police Departments…
What is the extent and nature of the problem in South Africa? What are its causes and what should be done to curtail it? Are police managers clear about what they have to do to combat and prevent corruption? This…