In 1995 the Internal Stability Division and the Riot Control Units of the homeland police were merged under the new SAPS as part of the police’s first transformation process.1 In 1997 the Public ...

Once again the number of sections and the number of members per section varies from unit to unit. In 2002 the SAPS management made a decision ... affecting the capacity to perform public order ...

CAPE TOWN - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has enough budget for equipping its public order policing unit but is still operating at 50% below the ideal number of members, which becomes a ...

While the panel's focus was not restricted to public order policing, this was a critical aspect of the report and was identified as one of the South African Police Service's (SAPS) shortcomings.

South African Police Service (SAPS) has noted media reports regarding a study conducted by the University of Johannesburg about the Public Order Policing Unit and more specifically, the R3,3 ...

"During the State of the Nation Address, I also said that the staffing of the SAPS Public Order Policing unit will be brought to required levels, with appropriate training courses in place. "This was ...

As part of efforts to stamp the authority of the state, the South African Police Services has unveiled the national Public Order Policing ... “This unit is at the coal face of the communities ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. The SAPS has spent more than half a billion rand to better equip police officers responding ...

“POP units should fall under one command at a national level so they all form part of the national public order policing unit that is provided for in section 17 of the SAPS Act (No 68 of 1995).

A panel of experts report tasked with looking into policing and ... oversight over the SAPS. Further adding that public order policing should be run as a specialist unit, meaning that crowd ...