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MEASURES IMPLEMENTED TO ENSURE SAFETY
OF SAPS MEMBERS AND ADDRESS UNNATURAL
DEATHS
Briefing to the Portfolio Committee on Police
28 August 2015
Content
• Background
• Current Status
• Analysis of incidents
• Police Safety Strategy
• Police Safety Plans
• Tactical Response Plan
• Special Actions to Support the Tactical Response Plan
• Safety Gear
• Status: Training Interventions
• Status: Employee Health and Wellness
• Status: Investigations
• Hot Spot Police Stations
• Conclusion
• Attacks on and the unnatural deaths of members of the South African Police Service have a negative impact on various aspects of South African society.
• During 2011 a Summit was hosted by the former Minister of Police and a Ten-Point Plan was adopted.
• It is against this background that a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary Police Safety Strategy and National Police Safety Plan were developed for implementation to strengthen and operationalise the Ten-Point Plan of the Minister in the South African Police Service.
• An unacceptably high level of unnatural deaths of members has been experienced lately especially in respect of the killing or murder of a member by a third party which is of grave concern to the Minister and National Commissioner of the South African Police Service and an immediate Tactical Response Plan as special initiative was implemented involving all law enforcement agencies, such as Metropolitan Police Departments, Traffic and private security companies.
BACKGROUND
2012/2013 – 2014/2015
COMPARISON UNNATURAL
DEATHS OF MEMBERS
UNNATURAL DEATHS
2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015
ON OFF TOT ON OFF TOT ON OFF TOT
Murders 29 55 84 29 48 77 35 51 86
Vehicle Accidents 41 124 165 37 85 122 39 63 102
Other accidents 10 9 19 4 23 27 0 6 6
TOTAL 80 188 268 70 156 226 74 120 194
• A decrease of 32 police members or 14.1% during the 2014/2015 financial year in comparison to the 2013/2014 financial year;
• A decrease of 42 police members or 15.7% during the 2013/2014 financial year in comparison to the 2012/2013 financial year; and
• A decrease of 74 police members or 27.6% during the 2014/2015 financial year in comparison to the 2012/2013 financial year.
2012/2013 – 2014/2015
COMPARISON UNNATURAL
DEATHS OF MEMBERS: ON/OFF DUTY
0
20
40
60
80
100
120
140
160
180
Murders Vehicle Accidents Other Accidents
2012/2013 84 165 19
2013/2014 77 122 27
2014/2015 86 102 6
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Comparison: Overall Unnatural Deaths
Police members killed on and off duty
Most police members were killed, on and off duty, during the 2012/2013, 2013/2014 and 2014/2015 financial years as a result of motor vehicle accidents, followed by members murdered
and lastly members killed as a result of other accidents. However, vehicle accidents have indicated a significant decrease over the last three years.
2005/2006 – 2014/2015
Province 05/06 06/07 07/08 08/09 09/10 10/11 11/12 12/13 13/14 14/15 Total
EC 16 6 12 11 10 11 15 12 11 14 118
FS 1 6 8 6 2 6 7 7 6 4 53
GP 26 38 38 21 24 33 21 23 12 24 260
KZN 23 32 21 28 25 17 14 18 21 19 218
MP 7 7 9 6 4 5 8 3 4 2 55
NW 7 8 2 3 2 1 5 3 2 1 34
NC 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 12
LM 4 2 6 7 8 5 8 3 2 5 50
WC 10 6 10 11 10 7 3 12 15 9 93
HQ 0 0 0 10 16 6 0 2 3 7 44
Total 95 108 107 105 101 93 81 84 77 86 937
COMPARISON POLICE MEMBERS
KILLED/MURDERED ON/OFF DUTY
PROVINCE 2010/2011 2011/2012 2012/2013 2013/2014 2014/2015 O
N
OFF
TOT
ON
OFF
TOT
ON
OFF
TOT
ON
OFF
TOT
ON
OFF
TOT
GP 17 16 33 14 7 21 9 14 23 6 6 12 10 14 24
KZN 5 12 17 7 7 14 6 12 18 7 14 21 9 10 19
EC 5 6 11 6 9 15 4 8 12 4 7 11 5 9 14
WC 0 7 7 3 0 3 3 9 12 7 8 15 7 2 9
FS 2 4 6 1 6 7 3 4 7 1 5 6 2 2 4
MP 4 4 8 3 5 8 1 2 3 1 3 4 0 2 2
NW 0 2 2 0 5 5 2 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1
NC 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1
LM 0 2 2 4 4 8 0 3 3 0 2 2 1 4 5
HO 2 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 2 1 2 3 1 6 7
TOTAL 36 57 93 38 43 81 29 55 84 29 48 77 35 51 86
COMPARISON: POLICE MEMBERS
KILLED/MURDERED: 2010/2011 – 2014/2015
2010/2011 – 2014/2015
COMPARISON:
POLICE MEMBERS KILLED ON DUTY
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2012/2013
2013/2014
2014/2015
The highest number of incidents of police members murdered/killed on duty, as well as an increase was experienced in Gauteng (4), followed by KwaZulu-Natal (2), Free State (1) and Eastern Cape (1). However, during the 2012/2013 in comparison to the 2013/2014 financial year a decrease was experienced in Gauteng and Western Cape.
1 APRIL – 24 AUGUST 2015 (FINANCIAL YEAR)
PROVINCE 1 APRIL 2014 - 24 AUGUST 2014 1 APRIL 2015 – 24 AUGUST 2015
ON DUTY OFF DUTY TOTAL ON DUTY OFF DUTY TOTAL
EASTERN CAPE 2 4 6 1 4 5
FREE STATE 1 0 1 0 0 0
GAUTENG 4 5 9 6 4 10
KWAZULU-NATAL 2 5 7 4 5 9
LIMPOPO 1 0 1 0 1 1
MPUMALANGA 0 1 1 2 1 3
NORTH WEST 0 1 1 0 1 1
NORTHERN CAPE 0 0 0 0 1 1
WESTERN CAPE 4 2 6 1 0 1
HEAD OFFICE 0 3 3 1 2 3
TOTAL 14 21 35 15 19 34
CURRENT STATUS POLICE MEMBERS
KILLED/MURDERED
An increase of one (7.1%) members being killed on duty and a decrease of two (9.5%) members being killed off duty during the 2015/2016 financial year period in comparison to the 2014/2015
financial year, and an overall decrease of one ( 2.9% ) member on/off duty.
1 JANUARY – 24 AUGUST 2015 (CALENDA R YEAR)
CURRENT STATUS
POLICE MEMBERS KILLED
PROVINCE 1 January 2014 - 24 August 2014 1 January 2015 - 24 August 2015
ON DUTY OFF DUTY TOTAL ON DUTY OFF DUTY TOTAL
Eastern Cape 3 4 7 3 5 8
Free State 1 2 3 0 1 1
Gauteng 5 10 15 12 7 19
KwaZulu-Natal 6 8 14 6 6 12
Limpopo 1 0 1 0 4 4
Mpumalanga 0 2 2 2 2 4
North West 2 1 3 0 1 1
Northern Cape 0 1 1 0 2 2
Western Cape 5 3 8 2 0 2
Head Office 0 3 3 2 3 5
TOTAL 23 34 57 27 31 58 An increase of four (17.4%) members being killed on duty and a decrease of three (8.8%) members being killed off duty during the 2015 calendar year in comparison to the 2014
calendar year, and an overall increase of one (1.8%) member on/off duty.
• Most members killed by a third party are attached to Visible Policing as first responders.
• Most members are killed on duty when responding to complaints or performing typical policing functions, such as searches and arrests (evading arrests and retaliation).
• Most members killed are between the age of 30 – 40 with an average of 3-6 years service.
• Most members killed off duty are victims of crime.
• Most arrests of suspects are executed within one week to a month after the incident.
• More members are killed in vehicle accidents than as are result of violence/murder.
• Most members killed sustain injuries to the head, face and neck areas.
• Most members killed in incidents of violence are killed by the suspect being shot with a firearm.
• A decrease in the loss of firearms was noted during incidents where members were killed during the 2015/2016 financial year in comparison to 2014/2015.
• More members are killed off duty than on duty
ANALYSIS OF INCIDENTS INDICATE THAT….
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Tactical Response Plan
STRATEGIC APPROACH ADOPTED TO
ADDRESS POLICE SAFETY
Integrated multi-disciplinary approach to ensure synergy
• A comprehensive Police Safety Strategy was developed and implemented.
The strategy is intended to ensure the safety of all members and is based
on the following five pillars. The five pillars of the Strategy represent the
fundamental issues that must be addressed in order to minimise incidents of
attacks and the unnatural deaths of police members (including reservists
while they are on duty):
– Governance to establish a standardised regulatory environment to
ensure police safety as a priority.
– Proactive interventions to reduce attacks and non-natural deaths of
police members.
– Reactive interventions to ensure arrest and conviction of offenders,
restore confidence in the CJS and serve as a deterrent.
– Address non compliance and employee health and wellness support
interventions for members and families.
– Monitoring and evaluation to inform prevention, responses, redress and
support interventions and to determine whether the strategy is effective
in reducing unnatural deaths of police members
POLICE SAFETY STRATEGY
NATIONAL POLICE SAFETY PLAN
• A National Police Safety Plan was developed to strengthen the
implementation of the Police Safety Strategy in an effort to eradicate or
reduce attacks and unnatural death of police members.
• Divisions and Provinces operationalise the National Police Safety Plan
through the implementation of Divisional and Provincial Safety Plans.
ACTIONS TO SUPPORT AND STRENGTHEN
IMPLEMENTATION OF THE POLICE SAFETY STRATEGY
PRE-PLANNING: ACCESS CONTROL, SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS AND RESOURCING
• Assessment of the environment: identify potential
threats, root causes and trends in order to enhance preventative measures and access to police premises in order to address safety and security vulnerabilities.
• Determining of the modus operandi of perpetrators, threats and, trends
• Profiling of suspects and identifying high risk areas: gang infested areas, descriptions of dangerous suspects and suspicious vehicles and enhance awareness amongst police members to strengthen operational and psychological readiness on a regular basis.
• Ensuring that adequate, serviceable resources and equipment are available to support and strengthen police members during deployment.
• Identifying early warning signs of potential depression, stress, suicide, substance abuse, anger and relationship deficiencies and involve Employee Health and Wellness to strengthen psychological and emotional fitness.
• Conduct research to determine international, regional, national and provincial trends (Tactical approach, skills development and modernized equipment).
1.
Situational Analysis
and Awareness
POLICE SAFETY PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
• Identification of skills gaps based on operational needs
•Attendance of operational, tactical and vehicle defensive training by operational members based on operational needs
•Refresher training and re-skill members to support the maintenance of the skills and operational readiness of all members (Tactical Policing I & II)
2.
Skills Development and Maintenance
•Enhanced internal and external awareness
•Awareness in respect of personal and operational/tactical safety and security, including road safety
•Developed and distributed a Pocket Safety Guide
•Community interaction through CPF structures
3.
Raising of Awareness
•Enforcement of contingency planning to determine and prescribe actions required when back-up deployment or support is required during dangerous and medium to high risk situations
•Reaction capability to react to incidents of attack on members or police stations in an integrated manner
4.
Contingency Planning
POLICE SAFETY PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
• The Pocket Safety Guide provides for the use of basic safety principles in the police’s day-to-day operational tasks. The principles cover the following seven fields:-
– Operational readiness and alertness. Police members must adopt a culture of awareness, anticipation and action planning.
– Safety procedures when approaching, searching or arresting suspects.
– Ensuring the correct and effective use of appropriate equipment.
– The use of tactical communication to avoid the need to opt for using physical force.
– Exercising caution when approaching dangerous situations, incidents or persons.
– Always working as a team and never working in isolation.
– Using the appropriate tactics and techniques when approaching any situation.
– Maintaining high levels of mental and physical fitness.
POLICE SAFETY POCKET GUIDE
•Prioritised and centralised investigation by the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation and Detective Service.
• Involvement of National Prosecuting Authority to ensure appropriate sanctions as a deterrent and assist in opposing bail
5.
Investigations and Convictions
•Quarterly and special meetings are hosted following an incident to:
•Analyse all incidents which occurred,
•Make proposals for the develop and implementation of corrective measures,
•Ensure that all actions implemented to support police safety are coordinated and synergised
•Activate on-site assessments
•Communicate good practices or areas for correction
6.
Hosting of Multi-disciplinary Police Safety Committee
Meetings
• Identification and analysis of risks
• The development and implementation of a Risk Plan
•The attacks (murders) on SAPS personnel members, on and off duty, was included in the National Risk Register and a risk manager was appointed.
7.
Risk Management
• Implementation of an Information Management Framework which requires all incidents where police members are attacked (murdered) to be reported within 12 hours after the incident. This information is captured on a national data base and is analysed to inform the development of proactive preventative measures.
8.
Reporting of incidents of unnatural deaths
on and off duty
•Multi-disciplinary Assessment Teams conduct on site assessments to reconstruct the circumstances and conditions and to conduct safety assessments to determine level of compliance by members.
9.
Police Safety Assessments
POLICE SAFETY PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
•EHW Programmes
•Debriefing and support
10.
Employee Health and Wellness
•Compliance inspections
•Trial Unit and Compliance Board to address
11.
Operational Compliance (changed from corrective
discipline)
POLICE SAFETY PLAN
IMPLEMENTATION ACTIONS
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES
• A Tactical Response Plan was developed and implemented as an
immediate reaction to the situation:
– Address the immediate reduction and prevention of firearm
related offences and murders of law enforcement officials.
– Conducting of proper investigation and review of prioritised
serious and violent case dockets.
– Enhance compliance to National Instructions, Directives and
Standards to ensure police safety.
– Enhance internal and external communication and awareness on
police safety.
– Enhance employee health and wellness
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
NATIONAL STRATEGY
• Alignment to Operation Fiela;
• The establishment of multi-disciplinary dedicated Task Teams on
national and provincial level to respond, trace, arrest and investigate
all incidents as priority ;
• Deployment of members in accordance with the Crime Pattern and
Threat Analysis to support intelligence driven operations;
• Ongoing disruptive operations;
• Profiling and detection of suspects;
• On-site assessment and analysis of incidents;
• Contingency planning to support rapid response to incidents;
• Conducting of docket analysis of all reported cases;
• Centralisation of prioritised dockets at provincial and national levels;
• Engagement with National Prosecution Authority re priority
prosecution and opposing of bail;
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
NATIONAL STRATEGY
• Compliance inspections to ensure compliance to National
Instructions, Directives and Standing Orders
• Prioritised skills development of all operational members deployed
in affected areas;
• Strengthening employee health and wellness by providing
immediate support to affected members and families;
• Enhanced awareness and communication internally and externally
• Community mobilisation against firearm related as well as serious
and violent crime; and
• Rewards for information which leads to arrests and conviction.
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
REPORTING
• All cases involving the attacks (murder) of a police member must
immediately be reported to the Provincial Command Centre (PCC)
by the relevant authorities.
• The PCC will activate the dedicated Task Team, who will attend the
scene and take over investigation.
• The Task Team will report to the National and Provincial Heads
DPCI in terms of command and control.
• All incidents relating to attacks of this nature on SAPS officials, as
well as on colleagues within the criminal justice system, such as
Metro and Traffic officials, will also immediately be reported to the
NATJOC.
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
COMMAND AND CONTROL
• Station and Relief Commanders were further instructed to ensure compliance to
Standing Order (G) 28 and to the following Directives and Standing Orders, which
has a direct influence on the safety and well-being of every member in the South
African Police Service:-
• Conducting of on and off-duty parades in terms of SO (G) 256 during which the
following must receive attention: -
– Inspecting of members to ensure that members are properly equipped with the
necessary safety gear and equipment, including the wearing of a bullet resistant
vest as prescribed in National Directive 3/34/1 dated 29 July 2011;
– Briefing of members in respect of dangerous suspects or expected situations
when reporting for duty;
– Inspection of firearms to ensure that firearms are clean, in working condition and
well maintained;
– Sharing of national safety hints, guidelines, directives and contingency planning to
enhance awareness amongst operational members; and
– Conducting of regular visits to operational members during the performance of
their duties during the respective shifts; and
– Bi-annual certification of firearms and bullet proof vests is conducted.
SPECIAL ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
COMMAND AND CONTROL
• Implement contingency planning/activation plan to strengthen rapid response to all incidents where members are attacked or killed;
• Standing Order (G) 341: Arrest and treatment of an arrested person until such a person is handed over to the Community Service Centre. Specific reference to paragraph 8, sub-paragraph 4 (Search of an arrested person); and
• Standing Order (G) 361: Handling of persons in custody of the Service from their arrival at the police station. Specific reference to paragraph 13, sub-paragraph 6 (Visiting of cells).
• Divisional and Provincial Commissioners are further requested to ensure that routine monitoring and evaluation visits are conducted at police station and Unit level to ensure that members at all levels comply with National Directives, Standing Orders and Instructions. Also to ensure that contingency and activation plans are in place to react to incidents and that corrective measures and the necessary disciplinary action is instituted. If necessary to rectify non-compliance and to promote accountability to also activate the Trial Unit or Compliance Board
SPECIAL ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
ENHANCED AWARENESS: INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
1 General safety hints
2 Parades: Safety and operational readiness of police members, including the compulsory wearing of bullet proof vests
3 Role of 10111 dispatchers: Obtaining information of crime scenes and sharing of tactical information with first responders
4 Response and attendance of complaints: Adequate information, serviceable safety equipment, back up, tactical approach, possible ambushes/modus operandi of suspects
5 Compliance to National Instruction and Standing Orders Duties of Station Commander (Standing Order (G) 28)
Duties of Commanders on a relief and the investigation of charges (Standing Order (G)
256)
Arrest of suspect (Standing Order (G) 341)
Search of suspect, vehicle or premises (Standing Order (G) 361)
Transporting the suspect (Standing Order (G) 341/361)
Detaining the suspect (Standing Order (G) 361)
Visiting of police cells (Standing Order (G) 361)
Use of restraining measures (Standing Order (G) 350)
SPECIAL ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
ENHANCED AWARENESS: INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
6 Safety equipment as well as safe keeping and handling of official firearms
7 Premise security and access control 8 Road safety: Wearing of seatbelts, use of blue lights and response to emergencies
9 Rail safety
10 Attendance of HAZMAT scenes and incidents
11 Professional conduct and discipline
12 Identification of early warning signs: Suicide prevention and prevention of domestic violence related incidents
13 Employee health and wellness support: Trauma debriefing, suicide prevention and domestic violence
14 Application of Section 49: Use of force
15 Attendance of tactical training and Employee Health and Wellness programmes
16 Conduct by off duty police members
SPECIAL ACTIONS TO SUPPORT THE
TACTICAL RESPONSE PLAN
• Members are issued with the following gear to ensure their safety:
– Bullet Resistant Vests
– Firearm
– Retention cords
– Pepper Spray
– Handcuffs
– Torches
– Safes
– Additional magazines
– Additional ammunition
– Holster with safety clip
AVAILABILITY OF SAFETY GEAR
AND EQUIPMENT
PROTECTION OF MEMBERS: ACTIVE FIREARMS AS ON 31 JULY 2015
AVAILABILITY OF SAFETY GEAR
AND EQUIPMENT
HO EC FS GP KZN LIM MP NW NC WC
ACTIVE FIREARMS 82783 23096 13327 36269 31674 14197 11305 12861 7597 23645
108 FIREARMS 13163 11766 7093 22467 18976 9307 7235 6225 3634 8879
STORE FIREARMS 69620 11330 6234 13802 12698 4890 4070 6636 3963 14766
82
78
3
23
09
6
13
32
7
36
26
9
31
67
4
14
19
7
11
30
5
12
86
1
75
97
23
64
5
13
16
3
11
76
6
70
93
22
46
7
18
97
6
93
07
72
35
62
25
36
34
88
79
69
62
0
11
33
0
62
34
13
80
2
12
69
8
48
90
40
70
66
36
39
63
14
76
6
0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
60000
70000
80000
90000
PROTECTION OF MEMBERS: BULLET RESISTANT VESTS AS ON 31 JULY 2015
AVAILABILITY OF SAFETY GEAR
AND EQUIPMENT
• The current BRV meets with all the ballistic requirements to protect members against potential threats relevant in SA.
• Problems identified with the vest such as the weight per size and excessive heat experienced with the outer material, are being attended to on a continuous basis by the Division Supply Chain Management by researching new solutions and materials to improve the current SAPS vest.
• Based on the above the original scope of the research has changed to a modular type of vest in terms of operational requirements and research is now conducted by SAPS in cooperation with CSIR.
• Testing is being done at the Division Criminal Record and Forensic Science Services, Ballistic Section. All test reports and findings are forwarded for evaluation and determination of the way forward.
RESEARCH:
BULLET RESISTANT VESTS (BRV)
• Samples of ballistic packs from different
companies locally and internationally, were
tested, not only against current ballistic
threats experienced in South Africa, but
also to revolutionize outer material for
better moist management/comfortability
and outer vest patterns for better
protection.
• The safety of our members remains a
priority and members are urged to ensure
that they have the correct size of BRV and
always wear the BRV when on duty
NUMBER OF MEMBERS ATTENDED TACTICAL TRAINING
PROGRAMME NUMBER TRAINED
2014/2015 2015/2016
Basic Police Development Training 2873 545
Tactical Policing Level II 1826 464
Street Survival Legal Principles 3388 418
Use of Firearm: Handgun 4203 496
Use of Firearm: Rifle 3345 408
Use of Firearm: Shotgun 3111 372
Tactical Trainer Development Refresher 0 290
PROGRESS ON TRAINING INTERVENTIONS
• All Tactical Response Team (TRT) members will be undergoing weapon refresher courses
• 2 968 Public Order Police (POP) and TRT members will undergo a POP refresher course (Added information)
PROACTIVE EHW PROGRAMMES: APRIL – JUNE 2015
PROGRESS ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH
AND WELLNESS SUPPORT
EHW AREA NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES REACHED DURING PROACTIVE EHW
PROGRAMMES
Psychological Services 8 174
Quality of Work Life Management 238
Social Work Services 13 991
Spiritual Services 12 468
Total Employees Reached 34 871
DEBRIEFING: APRIL – JUNE 2015
PROGRESS ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH
AND WELLNESS SUPPORT
Number of requests
received
Formal Trauma Debriefing 507
Multiple Stressor
Intervention 46
Number of employees
debriefed
Formal Trauma Debriefing 1732
Multiple Stressor
Intervention 443
EHW REQUESTS RECEIVED: APRIL – JUNE 2015
PROGRESS ON EMPLOYEE HEALTH
AND WELLNESS SUPPORT
Entry Requests received 8
Number reached 394
Organisational Diagnosis Request received 14
Number reached 720
Specialised Field
Assessments
Request received 22
Number reached 349
PROGRESS ON INVESTIGATIONS
APRIL 2014 – AUGUST 2015
STATUS TOTAL
Cases: Guilty (Convictions) 13
Cases: Under investigation 49
Cases: To court or pending trail 44
Cases: Cases pending inquests at Court 9
CONVICTIONS AND SENTENCES
NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS SENTENCE
2 Life imprisonment
11 337 years imprisonment (total)
STATIONS WHERE MORE THAN ONE POLICE MEMBERS WERE KILLED
GAUTENG KWAZULU-NATAL WESTERN CAPE
Temba (2) Harding (2) Nyanga (2)
Sandringham (2)
Johannesburg Central (2)
Jeppe (2)
IDENTIFIED HOT SPOT POLICE STATIONS:
2014/2015 – 2015/2016
• Implementation of special training measures focussing on refresher training of operational members in affected Provinces.
• Unannounced assessments to be conducted at all police stations in affected Provinces where incidents occurred to assess compliance to National Instructions and Standing Orders as well as to identify challenges relating to the safety of police members.
• National Police Safety Workshop targeting the Commanders of the most affected provinces as priority.
• Road shows to address all operational members in affected Provinces.
• Community outreach programmes and interventions to enhance awareness on police safety.
• Implementation of Police Safety Month during September
• Awareness campaigns to be hosted in affected Provinces.
• Spiritual services interventions to address the moral fibre in communities.
• Police station security assessments to determine security needs and threats.
• Regular docket and threat analysis.
• Introduction of harsh sentences for police killings as a deterrent.
Way Forward