Security Enhancement Strategy for Parliamentary Precinct - Briefing to Committee

1. Briefing to the Joint Standing Committee on the Financial Management of Parliament SECURITY ENHANCEMENT SECURITY ENHANCEMENT STRATEGY FOR STRATEGY FOR PARLIAMENTARY PARLIAMENTARY PRECINCT PRECINCT Date: 9 September 2022

2. Table of Contents Table of Contents • Section Section1 1 – – Purpose Purpose • Section Section2 2 – – Situational  Current status of Control Monitoring Centres  Management of Monitoring room of Parliament Situational Analysis Analysis • Section Section3 3 – – Command  Intervention of Command and control  Additional Measures for the enhancement of the security of Parliament Command and and Control Control 2

3. Table of Contents Table of Contents • Section Section4 4 – – Medium  Narrative of Medium Term Approach  Reconfiguration of zone deployment  New approach for posting: 12 Hour shifts  Centralized Management Approach of Control Centre  Centralisation of Monitoring Room for Parliament  Enhance effective Radio Communication • Section Section5 5 – – Long Long Term TermApproach  Narrative of Long Term Approach Medium Term TermApproach Approach Approach 3

4. PURPOSE PURPOSE  To enhance security measures for the Parliamentary Precinct. 4

5. Section 2 Section 2 – – Situational Analysis Situational Analysis 5

6. SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE SITUATIONAL ANALYSIS OF THE CURRENT MONITORING MONITORING CENTERS CURRENT STATUS OF STATUS OF CENTERS • Emanating from the security breach, various measures were outlined to enhance security at Parliament Precinct. Review of the current control monitoring rooms within the Parliament is located as follows:  100 100 Plein Plein Street Street monitoring monitoring room room. . Protection Protection and and and Parliament Parliament Protection Protection Services Services  SAPS SAPS deployment deployment - Outer perimeter cameras - Fire alarm system  Parliamentary ParliamentaryProtection ProtectionServices Services - Inner perimeter cameras  Tuynhuys Tuynhuys monitoring monitoring room room. . Presidential Presidential Protection  SAPS SAPS deployment deployment - Inner perimeter cameras - Outer perimeter cameras ‐ Findings indicated some fragmentations of the current deployment • and Security Security Services Services (Division) (Division) Protection Services Services (Component) (Component) 6

7. MANAGEMENT OF MONITORING ROOM OF MANAGEMENT OF MONITORING ROOM OF PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT • Currently there are 2 existing monitoring rooms within the Parliament precinct as a tool to monitor the security of Parliament • Role players responsible for the monitoring cameras are: - Protection and Security Services - Presidential Protection Services - Parliamentary Protection Services 7

8. INTERVENTION MEASURES: MONITORING ROOMS INTERVENTION MEASURES: MONITORING ROOMS • Integrated Personnel deployed and one command structure for the purpose of viewing CCTV cameras within the control centre, from 1 September 2022, • Integration of cameras to be expanded from 100 Plein Street to Tuynhuys, • Furthermore, as an additional measure a meeting was held on the 28 June 2022 with City of Cape Town to align the integration of the outer perimeter, monitoring of cameras around Parliament, • SAPS deployment effective from 1 July2022 at Cyclops, on an Ad hoc basis, to communicate with SAPS within the Parliamentary precinct to identified trespassings. 8

9. Section 3 Section 3 – – COMMAND AND CONTROL COMMAND AND CONTROL 9

10. INTERVENTION INTERVENTION MEASURES: COMMAND MEASURES: COMMAND AND CONTROL OF PERSONNEL PERSONNEL  Based on the assessment findings, the following measures have been introduced to enhance the security at Parliament:  An appointment of the designated commander for Parliament for command and control,  Additional responsibility was incorporated in the job description of supervisors to visit the monitoring rooms and implementation of the handing over during shift change,  Integrated personnel deployed and one command structure for the purpose of viewing CCTV cameras within the control centre,  Systematic vehicle and foot patrols within the identified zones of the Parliamentary Precinct. AND CONTROL OF 10

11. OUTER PARAMETER MEASURES OUTER PARAMETER MEASURES FOR THE ENHANCEMENT ENHANCEMENT OF OF THE SECURITY OF THE SECURITY OF PARLIAMENT FOR THE PARLIAMENT  To strengthen the protection of the outer perimeter of Parliament the following additional interim measures were implemented on 26 June 2022:  4 metres of barbed wire was placed in Government Lane  800 metres of barbed wire and speed fencing was placed at Parliament Avenue  40 – 50 meters of speed fencing was placed between the corners of Tuynhuys and Slave Lodge 11

12. Section 4 Section 4 – – Medium Term Approach Medium Term Approach 12

13. MEDIUM MEDIUM TERM TERM APPROACH APPROACH  Request Parliament to provide a feed of all CCTV cameras inclusive of inner perimeter to Tuynhuys Monitoring room.  Review of Security Awareness Programme every 6 months within the Static environment.  Re-establishment of monthly lectures within the Static environment with effect from 1 September 2022.  Rotation of Shift Commanders and Supervisors, bi-annually, on 1 April 2023.  Enhance command and control visitation to Parliament Precinct and Tuynhuys Monitoring Centre by Senior Officers- 1 February 2023.  Review of E-Relief (day shift) at Parliament Static Protection Services to increase capacity incorporation within 12 hour shift system, by 1 November 2023. 13

14. NEW APPROACH FOR POSTING: 12 HOUR SHIFTS Government Lane ZONE 3 X-RAY 10:VEHICLE GATE ENTRANCE PARLIAMENT STREET X-RAY 11: C/O WALE AND ADDERLY STREET X-RAY 12: ENTRANCE IN GOVERNMENT LANE FOXTROT 1 PATROL GOVERNMENT LANE INSIDE PARLIAMENT PRECINCT ZONE 4 GALLERY LANE TUYNHUYS FOXTROT 3 PATROL: BELVEDERE BUILDING INTO GALLERY LANE TO GOVERNMENT LANE AND BACK STALPLEIN PARKING Zone Commanders deployed. Redeployment of E-Relief during recess to 12 hour shifts. Stalplein desk: Identified additional post for deployment. • • • • HOT SPOT Gallery Lane • HOT SPOT • Spin Street • • • • • ZONE 1 ZONE 2 100 PLEIN STREET X-RAY 5: VEHICLE GATE ENTRANCE LELIE STREET MARKS BUILDING • X-RAY 1- BELVEDERE ENTRANCE • X-RAY 2 – ROELAND STREET VEHICLE ENTRANCE • VISITOR CENTRE • FOXTROT 2 PATROL: BELVEDERE BUILDING TO VECHILE GATE ENTRANCE IN PARLIAMENT STREET AND BACK • • HOT SPOT • • 90 PLEIN STREET BUILDING Plein Street 14

15. CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT APPROACH OF CENTRALIZED MANAGEMENT APPROACH OF CONTROL CENTRE CONTROL CENTRE IMC • • • • • Registration of upgrade project Garmour House 3rdfloor CCTV link outer perimeter SAPS deployment Linking of Cyclops outer perimeter cameras TUYNHUYS MONITORING ROOM • PSS and PPS integrated • SAPS deployment • Centralization of CCTV cameras for inner and outer perimeter CYCLOPS: CITY OF CAPE TOWN • Allocate desk for Parliament precinct outer perimeter Cyclops cameras • SAPS deployment • Radio communication with IMC 15

16. CENTRALISATION OF MONITORING ROOM FOR CENTRALISATION OF MONITORING ROOM FOR PARLIAMENT PARLIAMENT Tuynhuys Cyclops SAPS Deployment SAPS deployment IMC MAIN NERVE CENTER SAPS Deployment 100 Plein Parliament Protection Services & SAPS Deployment – Inner Perimeter 16

17. ENHANCE EFFECTIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION ENHANCE EFFECTIVE RADIO COMMUNICATION  Register a project on 1 April 2023 for the integration between Parliament control room and IMC, Garmour House.  Procuring radio communication for all the Parliamentary Precinct zones.  Liaison with SAPS radio technical for appropriate radio network and to City of Cape Town for secured radio channels.  Enter into a discussion with the Independent Communication Authority of South Africa (ICASA) for secured radio channels. 17

18. Section 5 Section 5 – – Long Term Approach Long Term Approach 18

19. NARRATIVE: LONG NARRATIVE: LONG TERM APPROACH TERM APPROACH  Updating of perimeter intruder detection beams  Alarm detection siren system to be installed at Tuynhuys monitoring room  Appointment of CCTV monitoring room Overall Commander.  DPWI: Identification of a company to provide comprehensive training on the monitoring of CCTV cameras incidents.  Bi-Annual maintenance and training of personnel and Train the trainer: supervisor: monitoring and evaluation course 19

20. THANK YOU THANK YOU 20