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three and six years and primary school children from grades one to seven. Captain Crime Stop educated children about personal safety and child abuse. • On 26 June 2001, the SAPS became the first police service in Africa to launch a missing children’s website. By June 2001, 800 cases of missing children had been reported. The SAPS had established the National Bureau for Missing Persons on 3 October 1994. • In June, Bafana-Bafana captain Lucas Radebe, rugby captain Francois Pienaar and the national cricket squad launched a major anti-crime project. These sports celebrities, along with other celebrities, started the Renaissance Supercop project, a Section 21 company set up to wage war against crime. National Commissioner Jackie Selebi and provincial commissioners welcomed the project. The Stolen Goods campaign was launched • Various successes were achieved following the implementation of the SAPS Crime Combating Strategy. By September 2001, an analysis of reported crime trends clearly indicated that, within 18 months (from 1 April 2000 to 30 September 2001), at least 17 of the 20 prioritized crime trends had stabilized. 39 • In November 2001, the SAPS announced a plan to institute sector policing in 145 focal points. These focal points were to be divided into several smaller areas. One of the aims of sector policing is to improve the police’s response time when crimes are in progress. This new approach to crime prevention had already reaped benefits, which will increase after the training of newly enlisted members has been completed. • The SAPS also featured prominently in the sporting arena. The SAPS proudly hosted the Southern African Police Chiefs Cooperation Organization (SARPCCO) Games for the second time in three years. • A police member, Andrew Kehlele, did the SAPS proud by winning the 200 Comrades Marathon. • Toyota SA donated 20 pick-up trucks to help fight crime in rural areas. • In October, the SAPS hosted a special event to express its commitment to the fourth year of the Governmental Partnership Against HIV/AIDS. To mark the occasion, the heads of department were requested to report on the progress made towards implementing their commitments of 2000 and to make further commitments. The programme had by then already reached 25 000 SAPS members. As part of the programme, an HIV/AIDS education programme and a training programme for social workers were developed. • The Progressive Rural Safety Action Plan was launched on 16 August 2001. Captain Crime Stop became a popular visitor to schools countrywide • The SAPS donated redundant police equipment worth approximately R4 million to the Department of Education for use in underprivileged communities throughout the country. The goods donated included athletic vests, shirts, beds, bedside lockers and haversacks.
2002 10 Years of Policing in a Democracy 1995 – 2005 40 • The SAPS grieved at the loss of the Minister for Safety and Security, Mr Steve Tshwete, on 26 April 2002. • Mr Charles Nqakula was appointed Minister for Safety and Security. • The year 2002 was proclaimed the Year of the Volunteer and the SAPS was heartened by the response of the public. Some 70 000 members of the community volunteered their services at police stations across the country. In January, some 500 volunteers reported for duty in Soweto alone. • In February, the US State Department donated seven uniquely trained sniffer dogs to the SAPS. The dogs spent two weeks at the Roodeplaat training centre where they underwent further training to adapt to South African working and weather conditions. • National Commissioner Jackie Selebi announced that the SAPS would no longer be selling motor vehicles by means of auctions. All vehicles forfeited to the state and all redundant police vehicles would be compacted and completely destroyed. The SAPS was convinced that the destruction of these vehicles would put a stop to syndicates transforming stolen vehicles into “legal” vehicles by making use of the documents of redundant vehicles. • In March, Commissioner Sharon Schutte was appointed as an Assistant Commissioner at the Detective Service, making her the first woman in the history of the Detective Service to hold such a senior position. • The banking sector threw in its weight behind the SAPS in curbing bank robberies and cash-in-transit heists. The SAPS reached an agreement with the banking sector to develop a formal mechanism for combating banking-related crimes and cash-in-transit robberies. • Operation Octopus was launched early in 2002 in conjunction with the Airport Company of South Africa to make airports safer for all travellers, including tourists and foreign businesspersons. • The SAPS maintained a strong presence at international conferences such as the World Conference Against Racism and the Nonaligned Movement Summit in Durban. These major events prepared the SAPS for planning the security for the World Summit on Sustainable Development that was held in August and September 2002. • Assessment centres were introduced into the service’s processes of recruitment and promotion to ensure that only the best candidates would be appointed. • The SAPS conducted, among others, the following key operations in the 2001/2002 financial year: - Operation Crackdown was a national operation aimed at addressing specific trends regarding priority crimes in flashpoint areas. Towards the end of December 2001, statistics indicated that crime had stabilized in general, except for three categories, namely theft, robbery and robbery under aggravating circumstances. - Provinces were tasked to conduct crime-combating operations with the emphasis on the reduction of crime in prioritized areas from 28 January 2002 until 15 March 2002. The aim of the operations was to move beyond a stabilization of crime levels and to bring about a reduction in crime. • By June 2002, the Detective Service was in the final stages of reorganization to bring it in line with the multidisciplinary approach adopted by the SAPS. During the two phases of the process, 278 specialized units were closed, while 24 Organized Crime units with 723 members and 17 Commercial Branch units and one Serious Economic Crimes unit with 612 members were established. During the closing of the specialized units, more than 1 100 investigators were reassigned to the Detective Service at police stations. • An interdepartmental domestic violence programme, which had been established in 1999 and which led the implementation of the Domestic Violence Act, 1998, continued. SAPS members received training in the implementation of the Act. • The Division Crime Prevention set about optimizing the services of community service centres and the Police Emergency Services (10111 call centres, Flying Squad and Highway Patrol). Best practices and national standards were determined for implementation at all community service centres to enhance service delivery. A new operational model for the Police Emergency Services was developed. Capacity building in the Flying Squad and the Highway Patrol received attention.
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