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INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS DIRECTORATE

INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS DIRECTORATE. Promoting proper police conduct. Introduction. Mandate Structure Budget Complaints Registry Investigations Monitoring Conclusion. MANDATE. Interim constitution specific to complaints of criminal offences and misconducts

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INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS DIRECTORATE

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  1. INDEPENDENT COMPLAINTS DIRECTORATE Promoting proper police conduct

  2. Introduction • Mandate • Structure • Budget • Complaints Registry • Investigations • Monitoring • Conclusion

  3. MANDATE • Interim constitution specific to complaints of criminal offences and misconducts • Discretion to the ICD to investigate matters • Guided by the Vision and Mission • More strategic and focused approach • Potential Overlaps with the Secretariat • Role of the ICD is proactive and reactive

  4. Current Structure

  5. CHALLENGES RAISED WITH PCOS BY PROVINCIAL HEADS IN 2005 • STAFF SHORTAGES • Since 2007 our investigative staff have been complemented with 05 more staff members. • We also took on board several interns in line functioning to help ease the backlog. • COMMUNITY OUTREACHES • This is still a problem in that we still don’t have a budget allocation for it, we therefore have to collaborate with other Government Departments. • POLICING POWERS • This matter is still a problem since most of our investigators still struggle to get policing powers in time. • PROVICIAL REPRESENTATION IN DEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEES • Provinces are now in committees • CENTRALIZATION OF DECISION MAKING POWER IN NATIONAL OFFICE • Provincial Managers can now approve overtime and can also appoint staff of up to level 8

  6. Budget

  7. RECEIPT AND PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS

  8. Main Activities • In-take of complaints • Interviewingof complainants and obtaining of statements • Registration of cases on database • Mediation • Generation of statistics

  9. CASES ON HAND 2007-2008

  10. CLOSED 2007-2008

  11. Statistics 2007/2008

  12. Statistics 2007/8

  13. INVESTIGATIONS

  14. INVESTIGATORS SCENES AND POST MORTEM ATTENDANCES CLASS 1 REGISTER: 2007-2008 FINANCIAL YEAR

  15. CONVICTIONS 2006 April 2006 June 2006 August 2006 November 2006

  16. CLOSED CASES CLASS I 2007/8 2006 Backlog = 42 2006 Current = 32 2007 Backlog = 33 2007 Current = 31

  17. CLOSED CASES CLASS III 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 2006 backlog = 74 2007 Backlog = 134 2006 current = 26 2007 Current = 77

  18. CLOSED CASES CLASS IV 2006-2007 and 2007-2008 2006 Backlog = 22 2007 backlog = 38

  19. MONITORING

  20. Less Monitoring and more Investigation Monitor implementation of DVA Monitor complaints against Municipal Police Services MONITORING – Vision 2005

  21. Main Activities • Monitoring of individual cases under SAPS investigation • Post investigationmonitoring of cases referred for prosecution • Supervision of police investigations • Implementation of DVA • Conducting audits at police stations

  22. MONITORING – Pro-active • “Surprise” visits to police stations to identify factors or circumstances that promote escapes by suspects from lawful custody • Visits to police stations an unannounced basis due to complaints received of poor service • Visits to vulnerable communities in rural and farming areas were visited

  23. DOMESTIC VIOLENCE • Visits to stations to assess DVA readiness • Assist in training SAPS members • Visits with NGO’s on outreach programmes • Community awareness in rural areas • Liaison with SAPS and Justice officials

  24. STATION AUDIT AND CELL INSPECTIONS PROACTIVE OVERSIGHT A total number of audits and cell inspection done was 28 on the period under review

  25. AWARENESS CAMPAIGNS The following awareness campaigns were either organized or attended by ICD on invitation:

  26. WORKSHOPS

  27. Application for exemption received in 2007/8

  28. Criminally (Attempted Murder) the suspect was acquitted and departmentally (DVA) he was fined R500

  29. CHALLENGES • Implementation of DVA by SAPS • Training on legislation • Expanded mandate re: Municipal Police Services • Training in prescrits, regulations etc. • New research projects • weaknesses in SAPS disciplinary mechanisms • SAPS training

  30. Challenges • Inaccessibility of ICD to the public especially in rural communities • Lengthy period taken to discipline SAPS members • Failure by SAPS t notify ICD of non-compliance • Lack of understanding of the DVA by SAPS members and also trying to break the barriers of the culture of silence around domestic violence • Increase in police officers who are perpetrators of domestic violence • Due to inaccessibility ICD is getting fraction of DVA complaints • Shortage of staff to do DVA station audits there is only one monitor • Nil report of consolidated returns sent whereas as Stations and Provincial Commissioner has cases sent for intervention and investigations • Application for exemptions are received by this office but same does not appear on consolidated returns

  31. Thank You

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