Portfolio Committee Briefing 23/08/2005 Presented by Chris Ngcobo

1. Portfolio Committee Briefing 23/08/2005 Presented by Chris Ngcobo Chief of Police, Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department Impact of Munical Police Services (MPS‘s) on crime - Evaluating the relationship with SAPS

2. Legal Mandate • Defined in the South African Police Services Act No.83 of 1998 as primarily concerned with the following, namely: • Crime Prevention • By-law Enforcement, and • Traffic Policing

3. Vision NATIONAL CRIME PREVENTION STRATEGY Joburg 2030 Vision Integrated Development Plans City Scorecard Departmental Scorecard City Safety Strategy Operation Token Days Sethunya Nude Ants Winged Heart Jozi Licensing Knight Life Fundisa

4. Relationship between JMPD and SAPS Police Stations

5. Size of Policing Area: 1 645 km² COJ • 7 224km of roads • 3 943 km of storm water drains • 320 bridges • 7 100 000m of footpaths • 129 000 street lights • 1 561 traffic light installations. • 12 551km of kerbing

6. Organization Chief of Police Directorate Operations/ Programs Directorate Office of COP Directorate Special Projects Directorate Training Directorate HR Directorate Legal Process Staff Officer Public Relations Crime Prevention/ Armory IT Support Inspections JMPD Campaigns Event Management Logistic Management Joint Operations Commander Sector North East Commander Sector South West Analysis & Integration/ Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Secretary Dep. Comm. Dep. Comm. GIS/Mapping SSO Road Policing Gatherings (Application) Fleet Management Staff Officer Secretary Secretary Computer Graphics SSO By-Law Enforcement Road Closures (Applications) Procurements Staff Officer Staff Officer SAPS Data Liaison Champion Jozi Special Events Stores Joint Operations 1 Joint Operations 2 Joint Operations 3 Region 1 Region 5 Region 8 (GFA 1 & 2) Electronic Enforcement 1 (Speed & Robot) Dumping Data Integration (Reports) Champion Knight Life/ Nude Ants Filming Contract Management Region 2 Region 6 Region 8 (GFA 3 & 4) Electronic Enforcement 2 (Surveillance) Trading Data Integration (Dept Scorecard) Champion Sethunya Maintenance Region 3 Region 9 SPU Alpha, Bravo Charlie Electronic Enforcement 3 (TES) Signage Data Indexing Champion Bumble Bee Region 4 Region 10 Freeway Patrol Enforcement Data Enrichment (Offender Tracing) Land Invasion Data Capturing Champion Winged Heart Region 7 Region 11 Accident Investigation Command Centre Accident Offices Champion Fundisa Legend to Colour Code Chief of Police MPO Service Animals Call Centre Champion HR Secretary Director Recovery/ Overloads Duty Offices Champion Clean Audit Deputy Director Chief Superintendent/Head TES Accounts Champion Licensing Superintendent/Manager

7. Impact on Policing: City Safety Strategy - Geographic Focus Areas • There is basically 8 areas of primary policing interest within the CoJ: • Moroka (Soweto) – burglary residential and business continue to be problematic • Diepsloot – perception of safety after dark now improved by 10% • CBD East (Doornfontein, Ellis Park) – largely problems relating to common assault • CBD West ( Joubert Park) – largely problems relating to illegal firearms, youth and • alcohol • Hillbrow – largely problems relating to drugs, assaults and illegal immigrants • Newtown – perceptions of safety in places of entertainment • Orange Farm – perceptions of safety after dark now improved by 10%

8. Impact - continued With more visible patrols, searches of persons, vehicles and buildings, it is clear that fewer crimes are being committed using firearms as indicated below:

9. Impact - continued • And consequently fewer people are actually carrying firearms, even during the night as indicated in the graphic illustration below:

10. JMPD Crime Arrests: 6 Weekly Daily Trend • As part of Operation Token Days, it is clear that Thursdays and Fridays are quite busy with regard to crime – especially in Hillbrow and Joubert Park as indicated below:

11. Resources – areas requiring attention • As part of the JMPD‘s preparation for Soccer World Cup 2010, the following areas will require more attention: • K9 Unit – increase from 11 to 72 dog unit in order to ensure 24/7 monitoring • and detection of explosives for between 8 and 30 park and ride facilities, rail • stations and sporting venues • Equestrian Unit – possible increase from 15 to 70 horses to patrol rail • stations, park and ride facilities park and sporting events • Personnel – possible increase from 1 500 to 2 500 • Volunteers – possible engagement of at least 1000 volunteers to participate as • traffic wardens and safety officers in busses (348 required), trains (19 required) • estimated for the opening and closing games • Portable Cameras – some 300 intelligent cameras will be required to monitor • not only the sporting events but also the City beyond 2010

12. Impact of CCTV (Inner City) • In the City, incidents of crime are equally fewer during the night and cameras are now spotting more traffic incidents during the day as indicated in the illustration below:

13. Relations with MMC’s • Relations are structured through Section 80 Public Safety Committee where police management submit monthly reports. • Key issues forming part of these Committee reports generally revolve around the following: • Response times to incidents. • Community complaints on police performance (visibility, defective • traffic lights, taxis and unroadworthy vehicles, accidents and • driving under the influence). • Police attendance of community police fora. • Community issues raised at regular Mayoral visits and site • inspections. • Handling of public protests/marches within the City. • Illegal dumping and trading in restricted areas. • Training and capacitating of the MPS to handle more and more • crime related matters as opposed to traffic policing.

14. Women Participation and General Treatment of Women Officers • Over the last three years, some 350 women have been enlisted as part of the JMPD operations making up more than 70% of new recruits. • In addition, the department is engaging more women in roles regarded as traditional male jobs such as riding a horse, being part of the K9 unit and riding a motorcycle. • However, more work still needs to be done to increase women in management positions. • Current Status: • 1 out of 6 Directors is a woman. • 2 out of 20 Chief Superintendents are women. • 2 out of 31 Superintendents are women. • 4 out of 8 Inspectors are women, and • 5 out of 40 Sergeants are women.

15. General Conduct and Public Impressions of the Metro Police • Conduct of officers has improved over the last few years since the JMPD has been established, with the Department handling fewer cases of corruption/bribery every year. • However, the biggest challenge remains the training of officers on customer care (some 500 officers received training in the last financial year) since the greatest complaints against the Department still overwhelmingly revolve around “conduct unbecoming of an officer”. • In general, JMPD officers are highly regarded for their responsiveness, visibility and tough application of the law.

16. Thanks for your attention