1st ECR Crime Prevention Programme Report Back Day

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Violent Organised Crime
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• Consumer Goods Council
• Interests of Food and Grocery Industry
• Board
• Clicks, Massmart, Metcash, ShopriteCheckers, Pick
  n Pay, Spar, Woolworths
• ABI, Amka, AVI, BAT, Distell, Nampak, Nestle,
  Pamodzi, Tiger Brands, Unilever
• Smollans, Imperial
• Bar Codes
• Food Safety

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• Anti-Crime Initiative (Crime Prevention
  Programme)
• Since 2001
• Collate incident data
• Analysis of trends, MO, etc.
• Develop counter measures
• Best Practices/White Papers
• Cash handling
• CCTV
• Armed Response
• Physical Security of Shopping Centres

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• Employers Reference Site
• Work history verification
• gt200, 000 people
• Amavuso
• SMS Alerts
• Scams, Suspicious vehicles/people
• Incidents
• ID Cards
• gt160, 000

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• Mission
• To co-ordinate our individual efforts and work
  together
• sharing non-competitive information to reduce
  crime
• for the benefit of our industry and South Africa.
• May 2002

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• Inter-Industry participation
• BAC
• Industry Alignment Forum (19 industries)
• Bulk Syndicate Theft
• Violent Crime
• Commercial Crime
• National Anti-Corruption Forum

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• Private Public Partnerships
• SAPS
• National Joint Operations Centre
• Provincial (quarterly) Business SAPS
  Co-ordination meetings
• Operation Chain Store (2005)
• Operation Festive Season (2005)
• Operation Iron Fist (2006-7)

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• Public Private Partnerships
• Shoplifting Courts
• Specialist State Advocates (VC Bus Robberies)
• Big Business Working Group

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The Leadership Forum

• Government Representatives
• Minister of Safety and Security (Co-Chairman)
• Minister of Justice and Constitutional
  Development
• Minister of Correctional Services
• Minister of Defence
• Minister of Intelligence
• Minister of Home Affairs.

• Business Representatives
• Derek Cooper (Co-Chairman)
• Roy Andersen
• Doug Band
• Laurie Dippenaar
• James Fitzgerald
• Mark Lamberti
• Wendy Luhabe
• Moss Ngoasheng
• Siphiwe Nzimande

• Jointly chaired
• Meets every two months
• Supported by a joint Secretariat (Government and
  BAC)

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Crime Working Groups

• Four Working Groups are being created to give
  effect to the envisaged step change. These
  are
• Review of the Criminal Justice System
• Baseline Effectiveness
• Violent Organized Crime and
• Innovations and Communications.
• Working Groups to be co-chaired by senior non
  executive members from government and business,
  and supported by selected full time executives
  from both government and business

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• Violent Organised Crime
• Banking Retail Shopping Centres Petrol
  Stations Insurance Security Restaurants
• Joint POA with SAPS
• Business Robberies
• House Robberies
• Hijacking
• Since February 2007
• 300 arrests
• Common Information pool
• Joint operations (Business/SAPS/NPA)

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• Restaurant Robberies
• MO
• Front door entrance
• 4 - 12 people
• Hand guns, AK47s
• Target
• Cash Restaurant and Patrons
• HVGs Watches, Jewellery, Cell Phones, etc.

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• Counter Measures
• Prevention
• Target Hardening
• Security Gates
• Shopping centre level measures (e.g. booms)
• Drop Safes
• CCTV
• Armed Robbery awareness training
• Staff
• Centre Security

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• Thank You