PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON POLIC E 21 AUGUST 2012

1. PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON POLICE 21 AUGUST 2012

2. WESTERN CAPE CRIME DISTRIBUTION

3. CRIME AND THREAT DYNAMIC INTEGRATION MODEL

4. How do we define a gang? • Criminal definition : POCA 1998 • “…includes any formal or informal ongoing organization or group of three or more persons which has one of its activities the commission of one or more criminal offences…” • Informal definitions: • Multiple yet inappropriate for Criminal Investigation and Prosecution • Common Law also more appropriate

5. UNDERSTANDING GANGS & THE POLICING APPROACH

6. TYPE OF GANGS: GEOGRAPHIC & DEMOGAPHIC SPREAD • PRISON GANGS • 26 • 27 • 28 • FOREIGN GANGS • Chinese Gangs • West /East African Groups • Nigerian • Congolese • Tanzanian • East European Gangs • TOWNSHIP BASED GANGS • SHORT LIFE SPANS • SMALL GROUPS • MOBILE • CAPE FLATS BASED GANGS • IDENTIFIED NAMES • TERRITORY BASED • EMBEDDED IN COMMUNITIES

7. DYNAMIC LINKS BETWEEN GANGS & DRUGS GANGS DRUGS

8. NEXUS BETWEEN CRIME; CRIMINAL GROUPS & GANGS

9. YOUTH DRUGS GANGS GANGS: THE CONNECTING ELEMENTS Protective Barrier for Drug Barons Distribution network for Drugs Enforcement link for Drug Barons The underworld Legal Business Practices

10. CATALYST FOR GANG VIOLENCE

11. GANGS CROSSING CLUSTERS BISHOP LAVIS FANCY BOYS KUILSRIVER AMERICANS JUNKY FUNKY KIDS MITCHELLS PLAIN MONGRELS WYNBERG JUNIOR CISKO YAKKIES NYANGA 26’s 28’s

12. SAPS WESTERN CAPE GANG COMBATTING STRATEGY

13. Gang strategy- EIGHT (8) PILLARS • To dislodge and terminally weaken the capacity of the gangs to operate in the selected communities. • To disorganize and fundamentally disable the criminal economy linked to the gangs. • To construct prosecution ready criminal case dockets against gangs/members implicated in specific criminal acts/incidents. • To construct a series of POCA ACT cases gangs identified fifteen (15) gangs . • To disable the prison gang influence on the communities beyond prison. • To eliminate the propensity of criminal gangs to corrupt police officials. • To mobilize and organize communities against gangs and their criminal activities. • To ensure that visible policing is deployed in a manner that presents gangs from operating/flourishing and ensures seizures of illegal drugs and illegal and or unauthorized firearms.

14. TWO (2) PRONGED APPROACH • PRO-ACTIVE • RE-ACTIVE

15. GANGS: PRO-ACTIVE POLICING APPROACH • Sec 252A • Asset Forfeiture • Confiscation • Drug Outlets • Drug Factories • Generate Information • Understanding crime • Linkages • Deployment • Hotspots • Foot Patrols • Vehicle Patrols • Arrests

16. PARTNERSHIP APPROACH • Social Crime Prevention • Community awareness programmes • Involvement of neighbourhood watches • Mobilisation of community • Providing alternate social development programmes to youth • Conducting regular searches at schools • Engagement with other departments such as Social development; Education; Sport, Arts and Culture; Health, • City of Cape Town – Law Enforcement and Metro Police • SARS, FIC

17. Law enforcement Police roles and activities Social Prevention Targeted visible police patrols. • Supplemented by patrols by security guards or police reservists. • By-law enforcement. • Training of response units for CCTV systems. Metro Police and Traffic Departments Awareness raising programmes. • Community neighbourhood watch programs. • Recreational facilities to occupy the youth. • Victim support centers. Situational Prevention City centre CCTV systems. • Improving street lighting in townships and in the CBD. • Supporting street layout that encourages use by pedestrians. • Designing streets, buildings, parks, etc., to reduce opportunities for street crimes like mugging and violent crimes High jacking or rape

18. Community Mobilisation Community Police Forums Non-Governmental Organisations Stakeholder Analysis Community Based Organisations Business Sector

19. Intergovernmental cooperation • Assessment • Plans not aligned • Lack of central monitoring • Intergovernmental Partnership in order to mobilize for more active participation • Chapter 3 of the Constitution: Corporative Government

20. POTENTIAL PARTNERS FOR INTER GOVERNMENTAL PARTNERSHIP • Department of Social Development • South African Police Service (SAPS) • South African Revenue Service (SARS) • Department of Transport (DoT) • Research councils and universities • Representatives of civil society • Non-governmental and faith-based organisations • Business Against Crime • Community-based organisations • Treatment centres (inpatient and outpatient) • Accredited addiction counsellors • Secretariat for Safety and Security • National Youth Commission • Financial Intelligence Centre • Representatives of the provincial substance abuse forums • Department of Arts and Culture • Department of Correctional Services • Department of Education • Financial Intelligence Centre (FIC) • Department of Foreign Affairs • Department of Health and the Medicines Control Council • Department of Home Affairs • Department of Justice and Constitutional Development • Department of Labour • National Youth Commission • Secretariat for Safety and Security

21. CORRUPTION COMBATTING & PREVENTION • Risk Register • Anti-Corruption Strategy: Provincial • Focussed Investigation • Compliance Inspection & Evaluation

22. Thank You