SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

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SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE SERVICE

• Presentation to
• Joint Monitoring Committee on Improvement of
  Quality of Life and Status of Women

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Introduction

• Programmes to address violence against women
• Preventative Through visible policing and social
  crime prevention programmes and
• Reactive Investigative, court processing
  (prosecutions, protection orders), corrective.
• The National Instructions (Rape / domestic
  violence) place an obligation on the station
  manager for the supervision of service provision
  and implementation of the DV Act within the
  station

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Basic floor of services

• Basic floor of services required for domestic
  violence and rape include
• Capacity to provide victim support, protection
  and assistance
• Performance of administrative functions (eg
  statement taking, giving information on options
  available in the event of domestic violence -
  protection order / criminal charge / both)
• Arrest of offender in terms of powers given by
  relevant legislation
• Referrals to support services (for counselling,
  medical examinations etc)
• Any member (male / female) should be capable of
  providing basic services, particularly on
  domestic violence.

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SAPS Concerns

• Front line services
• Domestic Violence
• Victim Empowerment Programme
• Interdepartmental rape strategy
• Prevention of firearm-related violence
• Investigations Family Violence Child Protection
  and Sexual Offences Units (FCS)
• 169 Contact Crime stations stations with the
  highest incidence of violence against women and
  children
• Child and Youth programme

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Implementation of the DVA (1)

• Implemented end 1999 SAPS members trained prior
  to implementation
• Content included Social Context, National
  Instruction 7 / 1999 and DVA.
• Five-day training programme
• Approved 2004
• Tested and piloted Dec 2004 July 2005
• Training of trainers September 2005
• Provincial roll-out ongoing

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Implementation of the DVA (2)

• Part of Development of Integrated,
  interdepartmental Training (NPA, DSD, DoH,
  Justice college, DCS)
• Problem solving approach in training, also focus
  on integration of services
• In-depth social context issues, referral systems.
• Monitoring and evaluation Report to Parliament
  twice a year
• Reports from ICD and NGOs informs programme in
  SAPS eg for ongoing training and co-operation
  with other departments and communities
• Interdepartmental monitoring programme

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Implementation of the DVA (3)

• Interdepartmental Protocols and guidelines for
  integrated service delivery
• Social Development - Shelters, victim support
• Justice - Protection orders
• Currently part of justice initiative to improve
  provincial coordination

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Rape and Sexual Offences (1)

• Reactive Investigation and victim
• Complemented by VEP for all functional members
• Interdepartmental process to develop strategy to
  address rape - preventative and reactive.
• Interdepartmental Rape programme led by NPA
• Prevention, improvement of criminal justice
  response, improvement of victim empowerment
• Premise that not all rapes are the same -
  prevention must be informed by offender and
  victim analysis
• Supported by public awareness and communication

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Rape and Sexual Offences (2)

• Specialised units and specialised individuals at
  stations (FCS and CPUs)
• Current strength 230 members
• Specialised training for investigators, eg FCS
  sexual offences techniques, national instruction
  on sexual offences
• Crime Scene management
• Gender sensitivity training
• Inclusion of investigation of sexual offences and
  victim empowerment in basic training and in
  training for all detectives

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Victim Empowerment (1)

• Training Programme aimed at basic levels of
  service delivery, treating victims with respect
  and dignity, entrench their rights to receive and
  offer information
• Five hundred and Ninety-two VFFs country-wide
• Part of Initiative for implementation of Victim
  Charter led by Dept of Justice

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Victim Empowerment (2)

• Community based victim support initiatives
• Public Awareness and internal communication
• Limitation of secondary victimisation
• Empowerment of Victim as witness

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Prevention of firearm related violence

• Firearms Control Act can play a role in reducing
  violence against women
• Gun violence threatens and oppresses women,
  children and young men

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Priority station areas for Violence against women
and children

• NCCF direction Identified 169 contact crime
  police stations - highest levels of crime against
  women and children
• Developing proactive local programmes aimed at
  reducing the levels of violent crime against
  women and children - programmes in all provinces
  approved
• Reduction programmes to protect women and
  children from violence - aimed at factors that
  contribute to violence like alcohol and firearms

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Youth Programme (1)

• Youth programme aimed at
• Reducing risk factors to offending behaviour
• Strengthening resilience factors to victimization
  and offending
• Criminal Justice
• Children Awaiting Trial
• Child Justice Bill
• Schools Based Programmes Partnership with
  Department of Education
• Safer Schools workbook, support for local
  schools-based programmes

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Youth Programme (2)

• Captain Crime Stop
• Adopt- A - Cop
• Implementation of Firearm-free zones in schools
• Awareness programmes to address risk factors like
  alcohol and drugs
• Children Living In Streets reducing
  vulnerability through integrated partnerships
• Part of Child Labour Initiatives Worst Forms of
  Child Labour

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GENDER EQUALITY IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN POLICE
SERVICE
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PROGRESSION OF WOMEN SINCE 1994

• SAPS was relatively conservative
• Police women were not enjoying same conditions of
  service and work alongside male counterparts in
  some facets
• Women were largely excluded from specialized
  services
• Employment Equity issues vis a vis women not
  addressed seriously

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CURRENT STATUS- WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP

• 1 Deputy National Commissioner
• 1 Provincial Commissioner
• 3 Divisional Commissioners
• 5 Deputy Provincial Commissioners
• 22 Assistant Commissioners

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME

• Women empowerment programmes were implemented in
  2001 and are in line with the SAs National
  Policy Framework for Women Empowerment and Gender
  Equality which is monitored by OSW at the
  Presidency
• Women Network established in 2003 to support
  women empowerment programmes
• Women Network Champions were nominated to lead
  the Network and facilitate all activities that
  highlight contributions of women towards the
  strategic objectives of SAPS

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WOMEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAMME

• All Champions are required to submit annual
  action plans to indicate programmes they will
  embark upon
• Annual meetings are arranged for the Champions to
  report progress, develop new programmes and share
  best practices
• Womens Network serve as pressure group within
  the police that highlight womens issues within
  the Strategic Business Plan of the SAPS

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ACHIEVEMENTS

• Allocated 40 of all trainee to women in order to
  improve their mobility to Supervisory, middle and
  senior positions
• 70 of all places in the Emerging Leadership
  Programme has been reserved for women in order to
  broaden the pool of women leaders in SAPS
• Trained 3 women Pilots, 4 women Auditors,3 women
  Explosives Experts and 14 women Special T ask
  Force operators

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ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT)

• Awarded 85 of all bursaries to Historically
  disadvantaged groups of which women form part
• SSSBC allocated R 6,750 million to women
  development in the 2006/7 financial year

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ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT)

• All senior appointments are monitored to ensure
  that they are in line with the numeric goals of
  the SAPS Employment Equity Plan
• All recruitment and promotion drives are
  monitored to ensure that business units reach
  their numeric targets

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ACHIEVEMENTS (CONT)

• All senior appointments are monitored to ensure
  that they are in line with the numeric goals of
  the SAPS Employment Equity Plan
• All recruitment and promotion drives are
  monitored to ensure that business units reach
  their numeric targets

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CONCLUSION

• SAPS has achieved a target of 30 in the
  operational environment.
• The target is moving at all times in line with
  government pronouncements.
• In conclusion we believe that there is progress
  in the affirmation of women in the SAPS.

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Training on Domestic Violence

• The purpose with Training on Domestic
• Violence is to
• ensure compliance by members with their duties in
  terms of the Act and National Instruction and
• develop the necessary skills amongst members to
  enable them to deal with incidents of domestic
  violence in a sensitive, professional and
  efficient manner

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Training (Continue)

• With the implementation of the Act, 1771
  commanders and trainers from every station and
  area were trained on the Act. These trainers were
  responsible to train the remaining members in
  their respective provinces and divisions before
  its coming into operation.
• Training on domestic violence is included and
  forms an integral part of the Basic Training
  Programme for new recruits since 2000.

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Training (Continue)

• Since the beginning of 2006, 5 500 new recruits
  underwent the Basic Training Programme (which
  included training on domestic violence).
• The number of members attached to Family
  Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences
  units who underwent specialized training
  (including training on the handling and
  investigation of cases involving domestic
  violence), was increased to 72 .

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Training (Continue)

• A Specialized 5-day Course on the handling of
  domestic violence incidents was developed and
  implemented during 2005 and piloted in the
  Eastern Cape.
• During January-June 2006, 984 members from the
  different provinces underwent the 5-day Course.
• In addition to this, a further 19 trainers
  (representative of all 9 provinces) have been
  trained to expedite the rollout of the Course in
  all the provinces.