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This comprehensive briefing covers the strategic overview, budget allocation, crime prevention strategies, and JCPS cluster priorities for the Safety and Security portfolio committee. Learn about the national crime strategies, cooperation priorities, and spending policy directions. Key areas such as visible policing, detective services, and crime intelligence are highlighted. Stay informed on the allocation of funds and strategic plan for combating crimes against women and children.
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Portfolio Committee for Safety and Security Vote 25 : Safety and Security Briefing 1
Index • Indication by Committee • Budget : Vote 25: Safety and Security • Review : 2003/04 Financial Year • Strategic overview • MTEF allocation : Figures and Facts • Prominent aspects • Summary 2
Indication by Committee • “Presentation from the SAPS about the Department’s strategic overview and Budget Vote no 25” 3
Review : 2003/04 • Total allocation R21 967 926 000 • Actual expenditure (31 March 2004) R21 967 924 881 • Remainder R 1 119 4
Section 205Constitutional prescripts • Prescribes One National Police Service • Structured at • National • Provincial • where appropriate Local • Objects [Section 205(3)] • Prevent crime • Combat crime • Investigate crime • Maintain Public Order • Protect and Secure • Uphold and Enforce the law 6
Aims of Strategy • Reduce levels of crime • Reduce levels of public fear • Increase levels of trust • Increase quality of service delivery • Increase levels of public satisfaction • Create climate conducive to Socio-Economic development 8
JCPS Cluster priorities • Organised Crime (Development Committee, JOINTS, NICOC) • Border Security • HA turn-around strategy • Beit Bridge • Johannesburg International Airport • Durban Harbour • Corruption • Organised crime related • Prevention • Other • Organised Crime Task Teams • OCTA • Involvement relevant Departments 10
JCPS Cluster priorities • Drugs and subsistence abuse • Contact Crimes (Development Committee, JOINTS, NICOC) • 63 x Station Areas • Sexual Offences • Commando’s / Reservists • Firearms • Urban Renewal • Integrated Sustainable Rural Development • Moral regeneration 11
JCPS Cluster priorities • Cooperation Region and Continent (Development Committee, JOINTS, NICOC) • Conventions, Agreements etc. • NEPAD 12
Crime Prevention and Combating • Conclusion • Law enforcement not only solution • Causes, trigger factors, contributing factors need intervention by the Nation as a Whole Because Moral Regeneration Economic Conditions People’s power • Alcohol & drug abuse • Respect for live & property • Jobs • Houses, schools • Recreation facilities • “NO” to crime • Stolen goods National Strategy against crime 13
Illustration of linkage “To investigate crime” “To prevent crime” “To combat crime” “To protect and secure inhabitants” “To uphold and enforce the law” “To maintain public order” Statutory requirements Section 205 of Constitution And SAPS Act, 1995 etc. Programme 1: Administration Programme 2: Visible Policing Programme 3: Detective services Programme 4: Crime intelligence Programme 5: Protection and Security Services MTEF (Financial resources) • National Security Policy (JCPS) • Policing priorities • Organised crime • Serious and violent crime • Crimes against women and children • Improve service delivery • Organisational priorities Strategic plan (Focus areas) 14
Spending policy directions • President State of the Nation address “We also have a duty to improve the safety and security of all our citizens and communities” (In this regard a number of initiatives have been indicated) – State of the Nation address, 21 May 2004 • Minister of Finance again reiterated safety and security as a national priority “Expanded capacity in the safety and security sector and establishment of a new division: Protection and Security Services” – Medium Term Budget Policy Statement, 14 November 2003 “Fighting crime and streamlining the justice process continue to be central priorities. In policing, this allows for recruiting additional personnel, modernising and expanding the vehicle fleet and upgrading support systems” – Budget Speech, 18 February 2004 15
Budget process – Defining moments • Prioritization stage – Cabinet consider policy priorities as indicated by Executive Authority • Preparation of budget – Compilation of budget submission which is prescriptive of nature • Review of macro-economic and fiscal framework and DOR • Recommendation stage – MTEC hearings / MinComBud / Cabinet • Medium Term Budget Policy Statement • Special Joint Committee on the Budget • State of the Nation Address / Budget Day / ENE • Appropriation (Parliament) 16
Programmes / Items(2004 ENE p. 667 to 692) • Programmes represent the general objectives (purposes) on which funds are expended. • Items represent the estimated expenditure on goods and services required in pursuance of a departments’ objectives. The economic classification as contained in the 2004 ENE reflects this new economic reporting format. 17
PAYMENTS (Items) Economic Classification of Payments • Current Payments (Funds directly spent by departments.) • Compensation of employees(Salary costs and social contributions e.g salaries, wages, most allowances, government contributions to pension fund, medical etc.) • Goods and services(Purchasing of goods and services to be used by department excluding capital assets e.g fuel, oil, small tools/equipment, travel, subsistence, communication, uniform etc.) • Transfers and subsidies (Funds transferred to other institutions and individuals. In other words it includes all unrequited payments made by department – “does not receive anything directly in return for the transfer to the other party”) • To: *Provinces and municipalities(E.g Regional Service Council Levies and vehicle licences.) *Departmental agencies (E.g Landing fees of aircraft and instrument grading – pilots.) *Households (E.g discharge/retirement payouts, death grants, medical treatment of detainees, injury on duty, civil claims etc.) • Payments for capital assets (Goods that can be used continuously for at least one year and from which future economic benefits or potential are expected to flow.) • Buildings and other fixed structures • Machinery and equipment above R5 000(E.g transport and other equipment.) 18
Budget – 2002/03 to 2006/07 R28.7 b 7.0% R26.8 b 9.5% R24.5 b 11.6% R21.9 b 11.1% R billions 19
Training provision MTEF (“Training for all functions”) 24
Vehicles • Prioritized spending environment with the main aim of modernization of the vehicle fleet of the department • Amounts allocated will provide for the annual replacement of boarded vehicles and for the expansion of the fleet • MTEF estimates for this purpose: • 2003/04 R712 million (Actual) • 2004/05 R718 million • 2005/06 R741 million • 2006/07 R807 million 25
Information technology • IT maintenance and support • Dataline maintenance • SITA maintenance • ISM support services • Operating activities • IT development projects • Obligations/Running projects • Applications development • End-user equipment projects • Total IT budget for 2004/05 R990,526 million (Including IJS, Firearm Control etc.) 27
IJS-related expenditure • Vote SAPS – Interdepartmental of nature • IJS modernization 04/05 05/06 06/07 R’000 R’000 R’000 • Baseline 55 000 58 300 61 798 • Additional 78 000123 000155 360 • Total 133 000 181 300 217 158 Note: Four main programmes i.e programme management, enterprise architecture, ICT infrastructure and integrated case management. 28
Establishment of the Division: Protection and Security Services • Funds have been provided to initiate the implementation of pilot projects as approved by Cabinet during June 2003, such as: • Johannesburg International Airport • Cape Town Rail Station • Durban Harbour • Beit Bridge Border Post • Allocations over medium term: • 2004/05 R60 million • 2005/06 R120 million • 2006/07 R150 million 29