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SUMMARY OF THE SAPS 2014 BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT PC ON POLICE THEMBANI MBADLANYANA:

SUMMARY OF THE SAPS 2014 BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT PC ON POLICE THEMBANI MBADLANYANA:. 01 JUNE 2014. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR. Presentation Outline Introduction Strategic Overview Predetermined performance targets 2014/15 Budget Allocation

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  1. SUMMARY OF THE SAPS 2014 BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT PC ON POLICE THEMBANI MBADLANYANA: 01 JUNE 2014

  2. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Presentation Outline • Introduction • Strategic Overview • Predetermined performance targets • 2014/15 Budget Allocation • Key Challenges/concerns • Conclusion

  3. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Introduction • The presentation is aimed at providing an analysis of the 2014/15 South African Police Service (SAPS) Budget • However, the focus will be on the following aspects : • a) Alignment of the Strategic Plan, Annual Performance Plan (APP) and the budget allocations for 2014/15 • b) Overview of the Department’s predetermined targets • c) Key concerns and challenges

  4. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Legislative Mandate • Aim: prevent, combat and investigate crime, maintain public order, protect and secure the inhabitants of South Africa and their property, and uphold and enforce the law. • Vision: create a safe and secure environment for all people in South Africa • Mission: prevent and combat anything that may threaten the safety and security of any community; investigate all crimes that • threaten safety and security of any community; protect and secure the inhabitants of the Republic and their property; • uphold and enforce the law; maintain public order; ensure offenders are brought to justice and; participate in efforts to • address the root causes of crime. • Values:protect everyone’s rights and to be impartial, respectful, open and accountable to the community; use the powers in a • responsible way; Provide a responsible, effective and high-quality service with honesty and integrity; Evaluate • services rendered continuously and make every effort to improve on them; Ensure an effective, efficient and economic • use of resources; Develop the skills of all members through equal opportunity; Cooperate with all communities, all • spheres of Government and other relevant role-players

  5. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Strategic Overview • Revised Strategic Plan for 2010- 2014: a) sets the tone and provides a framework for structuring of programmes and activities, the allocation of funds and delivery of improved police services; b) synchronises SAPS’s plans and programmes with the Government’s long and medium-term strategies and c) identifies the following key operational and organizational priorities for 2010-2014 : • Operational Priorities: • Crime prevention: reducing levels of contact crimes, trio-crimes (house robbery, business robbery and carjacking) and crimes against women and children; • Visible policing: increasing the visibility of police, especially at station level; • Public order policing: policing of public order incidents; • Professionalism: the development of a more disciplined, professional force; • Combat corruption: the prevention, detection and investigation of corruption within the ranks of the SAPS; • Partnerships: partnership policing and mobilising the community in fighting crime; • Infrastructure: improvement of human and infrastructure capacity; • Enhanced detection services: improving detection and court ready case docket rates on serious crimes, increasing the capacity and professionalism of the Directorate of Priority Crime Investigations and improving forensic services; and • Specialized units: Improving crime intelligence for serious crime, drug and people smuggling syndicates, and human trafficking. More so, establish specialized units to address crimes against women and children.

  6. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Organizational Priorities: • In order to ensure success in the above priorities, three further operational support priorities were identified. These are : • Human Capital Development, through skills development and retention; • Budget and resource management, such as building new police stations based on set criteria and refurbishing existing ones and; • Information systems and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) enhancement. • National Development Plan • ‘by 2030, people living in South Africa should feel safe and have no fear of crime. Women, children and vulnerable groups should feel protected. They should have confidence in the criminal justice system to effectively apprehend and prosecute criminals who violate individual and community safety. The South African Police Service and metro police should be professional institutions staffed by skilled, disciplined, ethical individuals who value their work and serve the community.’

  7. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • NDP Five Key Recommendations • Synergized Criminal Justice System: the CJS is to have a single set of objectives, priorities and performance-measurement targets • Demilitarisethe police. • Select and train police members to be professional and impartial, responsive to community needs, competent and inspire confidence. • Coordinate activities across a variety of departments, the private sector and community bodies, the latter to include revitalised community-safety centres. • Ensure all vulnerable groups including women, children and rural communities should enjoy equal protection and their fear of crime should be eradicated through effective, coordinated responses of the police, business, community and civil society. • National Planning Commission (NPC) Measurable Performance Outcomes • “Strategic Outcome 3 - All people in South Africa are and feel safe”

  8. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Annual Performance Plan (APP) : Annual targets and performance indicators • 89 annual targets and performance indicators for five departmental programmes (Administration, Visible Policing, Detective Services, Crime Intelligence, Protection & Security Services). • Of those 89 annual targets and performance indicators: • - 39were for Administration (Programme 1), • - 20 for Visible Policing (Programme 2), • - 20for Detective Services (Programme 3), • - 7 for Crime Intelligence (Programme 4) and; • - 3for Protection and Security Services (Programme 5)

  9. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Annual Performance Plan (APP) : Spending Priorities • Spending priorities identified by the Department in its 2014/15 APP: • Provision for specialised equipment and training for detectives to enhance the process of investigation of crime; • Expenditure in relation to the deployment of new recruits; • Victim Support programmes; • Implementation of an Integrated CJS • Funding for the Forensic Services and broader Detective Services environments with regards to crime scene management; • Implementation of the Domestic Violence Act; • Maintaining a specialised capacity that allows for interventions through external deployment; • Implementation of the Firearm Control Act; • Capacity at police stations to implement the Service Delivery Improvement Programme; • Establishment of victim - friendly facilities; • Investment in capital equipment in support of basic policing services; • Maintaining the fixed wing aircraft and helicopter fleet; • Youth Crime Prevention and Social Crime Prevention; • Conducting high risk operations.

  10. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Annual Performance Plan : Baseline budgetary provisions for the 2014/15 financial year • Added to the aforementioned spending priorities are the following specific baseline budgetary provisions for 2014/15: • Uniform • Weapon purchases • Ammunition • Network and hosting upgrades to continue • Basic services at police stations (water, electricity and sanitation) • Ramps at police access points for disabled individuals • Furnishing and expanding Victim Friendly Facilities through • Criminal Asset Recovery Account (CARA) funding • Radio Communication System • Vehicles • Maintaining a level of funding that allows for the management of the Police’s vehicle fleet through the Automated Vehicle Location System (AVL) • Specialised equipment • Comments and Questions • How many and which police stations do not have ramps for access of disabled people ? And how much such ramps will cost? • The Department should indicate the current status of the big projects like PCEM and TETRA. • The Department should indicate the exact amount that will be used from the Criminal Asset Recovery Account (CARA) fund for the expansion of Victim Friendly Facilities

  11. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • SAPS Overall Budget Allocation : 2014/15 Financial Year • Table 1: Budget Summary of expenditure estimates for Vote 25 in 2014/15 • Budget allocation for the 2013/14 financial year is R72.5 billion , which is a nominal increase of R3.7 billion (5.4 per cent) compared to the R68.7 billion adjusted appropriation received in 2012/13. • Considering inflationary costs, the budget shows a real increase of 0.75 per cent.

  12. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Proportional Budget Allocation Per Programme: 2014/15 Financial Year • Table 2:Proportional budget allocations per programme • Programme 1( Administration): R15.3 billion (versus R14.5 billion in 2013/14) • Programme 2 (Visible Policing): R37 billion (versus R35 billion in 2013/14) • Programme 3 (Detective Service): R15.2 billion (versus R14.5 billion in 2013/14) • Programme 4 (Crime Intelligence): R 2.8 billion (versus 2.7 billion in 2013/14) • Programme 5 (Protection & Security Services): R2.07 billion (versus R1.9 billion in 2013/14

  13. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Proportional Budget Allocation Per Programme: 2014/15 Financial Year • Note! • Proportional allocations per programme remained relatively the same as in 2013/14. • Programme 2 continues to receive the bulk of the budget allocation for the Department. At 51.04 per cent, it represents almost half of the total budget allocation of the Department. • The Administration programme is allocated the second largest proportion of the budget (21.10 per cent), followed by the Detective Services programme in third place with a proportional allocation of 21.02 per cent. • The Crime Intelligence programme received the least proportional allocation with 3.9 per cent of the total budget. • This leaves the Protection and Security Services programme the smallest proportional allocation with only 2.8 per cent of the total budget

  14. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Changes made to the 2014 Budget: • Programme 1 (Administration): received an allocation of R15.3 billion in 2014/15. This represents a real percentage decrease of -0.79 per cent (R114.4 million) compared to the adjusted appropriation of R14.5 billion in 2013/14. The Administration programme received the second largest increase of all the five Departmental programmes in monetary terms • Programme 2 (Visible Policing): received an allocation of R37 billion in 2014/15. This represents a real percentage decrease of -0.48 per cent (R166.9 million) compared to the R35 billion adjusted appropriation received in 2013/14. The Visible Policing programme continues to receive the largest proportional allocation of the Departmental programmes. • Programme 3 (Detective Services): received an allocation of R15.2 billion in 2014/15. This represents a real percentage decrease of -1.36 per cent (R198.1 million) compared to the R14.5 billion allocation (adjusted appropriation) received in 2013/14 • . • Programme 4 (Crime Intelligence): received an allocation of R2.8 billion for 2014/15. This represents a real percentage decrease of -0.84 per cent (R145.2 million) compared to the R2.7 billion adjusted allocation in 2013/14. • Programme 5 (Protection & Security Services) received an allocation of R2.07 billion, which represents a real percentage decrease of -0.76 per cent (R14.9 million), compared to the R1.9 billion adjusted allocation received in 2013/14.

  15. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Expenditure per economic classification • 1. Current Payments • Allocated R68.9 billion in 2014/15- a slight increase from R 65.8 billion in 2013/14 • Noticeable Key issues: • Compensation to employees: increased from R51.2 billion in 2013/14 to R54.2 billion in 2014/15. • Goods and Services: the total allocation in 2014/15 is R14.7 billion compared to the R13.8 billion allocation in 2013/14. This represents a slight real percentage increase of 0.01 per cent, of which: • Allocation to Computer services decreased from R2.98 billion in 2013/14 to R2.93 billion in 2014/15. • Allocations to Inventory: Learner and teacher support material increased minimally from R1.5 billion in 2013/14 to R1.6 billion in 2014/15. • Allocation to Advertising: increased slightly from R29.1 billion in 2013/14 to R31.4 billion in 2014/15. • Allocation to Bursaries:increased from R3.3 billion in 2013/14 to R3.4 billion in 2014/15. • Allocations to Operating leases: increased slightly in 2014/15 with an allocation of R2.3 billion compared to R2.2 billion in 2013/14. • Allocations to Entertainment:increased from R1.5 million in 2013/14 to R1.6 million in 2014/15. • Allocations to Consultants and professional services (legal costs)increased relatively in 2014/15 with an allocation of R200.3 million compared to R193.4 million in 2013/14.

  16. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Expenditure per economic classification • 2. Transfers and Subsidies • Allocated R 737.1 million in 2014/15, an increase from R639.6 million allocaation in 2013/14 • Noticeable Key issues: • Provinces and municipalities allocation:increasedfrom R28 million in 2013/14 to R33.4 million in 2014/15. • Payments for Departmental agencies and accounts allocation: also increasedfrom R116.7 in 2013/14 to R133.8 in 2014/15 • Households allocations: also increased from R493.9 million in2013/14 to R568.9 million in 2014/15 • 3. Payments for Capital Assets • Allocation decreased from R3.6 billion in 2013/14 to R2.8 billion in 2014/15 financial year, in nominal terms. • In particular; Building and fixed structures: Increased from R1.3 billion in 2013/14 to R2.9 billion in 2014/15. • Machinery and equipment: Decreased from R2.1 billion in 2013/14 to R1.7 billion in 2014/15, while biological assets received the same allocation of R300 000 (R0.3 million).

  17. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Expenditure per economic classification • Comments and Questions • The Committee should ask about the reasons for increasing allocation for advertising. Which programmes/activities are going to be advertised and for how much? And does that include advertisements for vacant positions? • The Committee should ask about the reasons for increasing allocation for Operating leases. Does that mean that the Department plans to lease new buildings? • Allocations to Entertainment increased from R1.5 million in 2013/14 to R1.6 million in 2014/15. The Committee should find out why and for whom the allocation to this budget item was increased. • Allocations to Consultants and professional services (legal costs) increased relatively in 2014/15 with an allocation of R200.3 million compared to R193.4 million in 2013/14. Does that mean that the Department is expecting more litigations/claims against in this financial period? • Machinery and equipment: Decreased from R2.1 billion in 2013/14 to R1.7 billion in 2014/15, while biological assets received the same allocation of R300 000 (R0.3 million). The Committee should ask the implications of this decreased budget on maintaining the equipment.

  18. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Summary of key expenditure trends over the medium term • Infrastructure Projects: there is a projected increase in expenditure on infrastructure over the medium term. Allocations earmarked for infrastructure are mainly for the construction and upgrading of police stations • Shooting ranges and Training facilities : the department will prioritise the construction of a shooting range at Faure in Western Cape at an estimated contract price of R181.1 million. The shooting range will allow for police officials to undergo firearm training and shooting practice on a regular basis to comply with legislative requirements. • Personnel allocations : additional funding will increase the number of filled posts from 197 842 in 2013/14 to 198 062 in 2016/17 to provide for the appointment of additional detectives. The department also intends to use funds from vacancies to implement grade progression for qualifying officials. Consistent with the department’s human resource strategy, only critical posts earmarked for the department’s core function will be filled over the medium term. • Improved conditions of service: upgrading of the posts is provided for by additional Cabinet approved allocations of R350 million in 2014/15, R255.3 million in 2015/16 and R785.5 million in 2016/17, as well as a reprioritisation of funds of R348.1 million in 2014/15 and R470.2 million in 2015/16 from transport equipment to compensation of employees. • Integrated Justice Sector (IJS) and CJS programme: The 2013 Budget indicates that the following amounts have been reprioritised from the Department of Police to the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development for the Criminal Justice Sector (CJS) revamp and modernisation programme: R400 million in 2014/15; and R450 million in 2015/16.

  19. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Expenditure per economic classification • Comments and Questions • Is the increase in Building and fixed infrastructure caused by earmarked funds for the construction and upgrading of police stations as indicated in the 2014/15 APP? • The Committee should also ask how the Department will deal with the recurring issue of non-performance by contractors as indicated in the 2014/15 APP • There is a serious concern that the Department is not spending its ‘ring fenced’ amounts for the Integrated Justice System Programme. • The Committee should ask the Department to explain what steps will it take to ensure that its expenditure on this programme is improved during the 2013/14 financial year so that it does not face the same problems as have been identified previously?

  20. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 1: (Administration) • Allocation of R15.3 billion- which represents a real increase of - 0.79 per cent (R114.4 million) compared to the adjusted • appropriation of R14.5 billion in 2013/14. • Second largest increase of all the five Departmental programmes. • Allocation of R15.3 billion constitutes 21.1 per cent of the Departments total budget for 2014/15. • In nominal terms, the budget for this programme increased by 5.36 per cent, while the real percentage change showed a • decrease of -0.79 per cent. • Table 3: increase/decrease per sub-programme

  21. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 1: (Administration) • Largest allocation within the Administration programme remains in the Corporate Services sub-programme (98.7 per cent of the total allocation to Administration). • Additional allocation for improved conditions of service and the upgrading of clerical posts. • Growth in expenditure on compensation of employees is due to the projected increase in the programme’s staff complement, from 36 629 in 2012/13 to 37 044 over the medium term. • Significant increase of allocation in the Management Sub-programme is attributed to an increase in the staff establishment and additional funding required by the Civilian Secretariat for Police. • According to the 2014/15 APP, the significant increase in spending in the Civilian Secretariat sub-programme in 2013/14 was due to the shifting of some functions that were previously executed by the SAPS and the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) to the Civilian Secretariat for Police following the enactment of the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Act (2011). • Comments and questions: • The Department should elaborate on the expansion of employee wellness and health call centres • The Department should explain why the budget allocated to the sub-programme Civilian Secretariat for 2014/15 increased (R99.8 million) relatively compared to the 2013/14 financial year, even though the secretariat has been designated as a separate department with effect from 1 April 2014. • The Department should provide the current number of boarded vehicles in the Department and also the time-frame in which the boarded vehicles will be replaced.

  22. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Expenditure per economic classification • Comments and Questions • Is the increase in Building and fixed infrastructure caused by earmarked funds for the construction and upgrading of police stations as indicated in the 2014/15 APP? • The Committee should also ask how the Department will deal with the recurring issue of non-performance by contractors as indicated in the 2014/15 APP • There is a serious concern that the Department is not spending its ‘ring fenced’ amounts for the Integrated Justice System Programme. • The Committee should ask the Department to explain what steps will it take to ensure that its expenditure on this programme is improved during the 2014/15 financial year so that it does not face the same problems as have been identified previously?

  23. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 2: (Visible Policing) • Budget allocation for Visible Policing is R37 billion in 2014/15; a real decrease of - 0.48 per cent (166.8 million) compared to the adjusted appropriation of R35 billion in 2013/14. • The programme received the largest increase of all the five Departmental programmes; allocation of R37 billion to Programme 2 constitutes 51 per cent of the Departments total budget for 2014/15. • In nominal terms, the budget for this programme increased by 5.69 per cent, while the real percentage change showed a decrease of -0.48 per cent. • Table 4: Increase/decrease per sub-programme 2013/14 to 2014/15

  24. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 2: (Visible Policing) • A new sub-programme (Facilities) was added in 2014/15, bringing the number of sub-programmes to 4 as compared to the 3 sub-programmes in 2013/14. • All the sub-programmes received an increased allocation in 2014/15 • Sub-programme: Crime prevention – received slight increase in allocated funds; allocated R29.3 billion in 2014/15, compared to R27.7 billion in 2013/14. However this is a real percentage decrease of -0.49 per cent. It remains the largest sub-programme in VISPOL and receives 79.1 per cent of the VISPOL budget. • Sub-programme: Border security – received R1.6 billion in 2014/15 compared to R1.5 billion in 2013/14. However, its allocation decreased in real terms by -0.80 per cent. It. • Sub-programme: Specialised interventions – received slight increase in allocated , allocated R2.7 billion in 2014/15 from R2.6 billion in 2013/14. This increase might be due to increase in service delivery protests as this sub-programme provides for interventions in medium to high risk operations. However, there is a real percentage decrease of -0.52 per cent. The sub-programme represents the second largest increase within the Visible Policing programme . • Sub-programme: Facilities- received allocation of R3.2 billion in 2014/15.

  25. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 2: (Visible Policing) • Comments and Questions • According to the 2014/15 APP, the Department intends to finalise the implementation of the minimum Sector Policing requirements in the remaining 185 of the 1 135 police stations. The Committee should ask the Department to list/identify the 185 police stations • The Department should be commended for including a performance indicator for sector policing in the 2014/15 APP. • The re-insertion of a target for the percentage of police station rendering a victim friendly service to victims of rape, sexual offences and abuse is especially welcomed. • The Department should be commended for taking into consideration the Committee‟s recommendation by adding the targets on the closure of illegal/unlicensed liquor premises. • The Department should be commended for taking into consideration the Committee‟s recommendation by adding the targets (omitted in the 2012/13 financial year) on rural safety. 6) The Department should be commended for adding targets to intensify the fight against crimes against vulnerable groups, including women, children and the elderly.

  26. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 3: (Detective Services) • The Programme received a real percentage decrease of -1.36 per cent in the 2014/15 budget. • Sub-programmes Crime Investigations, Specialised Investigations and Crime Record Centre received slight increases, while Forensic Service Laboratories sub-programmes’ allocation was decreased. • Table 5: Increase/decrease per sub-programme 2013/14 to 2014/15

  27. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 3: (Detective Services) • Sub-programme: Crime Investigations - received the largest allocation within the main programme budget. The allocation increased from R9.6 billion in 2013/14 to R10.2 billion in 2014/15. However, this represents a real percentage decrease of -0.68 per cent. • Sub-programme: Crime Record Centre – allocation increased from R1.8 billion in 2013/14 to R1.9 billion in 2014/15 .Nonetheless this represents a decrease in real terms by -2.04 per cent • Sub-programme: Forensic Service Laboratories (FSL) – allocation decreased slightly from R1.7 billion in 2013/14 to R1.6 billion in 2014/15. This is a decrease of R 211.8 million compared to the previous financial year and represents a real percentage decrease of -12.08 per cent. This is the third consecutive decreased allocation to FSL (10.10 per cent real decrease in 2012/13, 6.63 per cent in 2013/14 and 12.08 per cent in 2014/15). • Sub-programme: Specialised Investigations – The allocation increased nominally from R1.306 billion in 2013/14 to R1.373 billion in 2014/15. However, it represents a real decrease of -0.99 per cent in nominal terms. • Comments and Questions • The Committee should seek clarity on the reasons behind the third consecutive decrease in allocation to the FSL sub-programme 2) • Given an allocation increase for the specialised investigation sub-programme, the Committee should enquire about the number of detectives trained on specialised areas (such as organised crime and money laundering)

  28. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 4 : (Crime Intelligence) • The budget allocation for 2014/15 shows a slight nominal increase from R2.7 billion in 2013/14 to R2.8 billion in 2014/15. However, this is a real percentage decrease of -0.84 per cent. • Sub-programme: Crime Intelligence - allocation increased from R1.15 billion in 2013/14 to R1.21 billion in 2014/15. However, this represents a real percentage decrease of -1.20 per cent. • Sub-programme: Intelligence and Information management - allocation was R1.57 billion in 2013/14 and is R1.61 billion in 2014/15. The allocation increased in nominal terms, but decreased in real terms by -0.58 per cent.. • Table 6: Increase/decrease per sub-programme 2013/14 to 2014/15 Note! The spending focus over the medium term will be on maintaining overall personnel capacity and aligning functions within the organisational structure of the crime intelligence division, which is currently under review. The bulk of this programme‟s budget will be spent on compensation of employees, mainly in the Intelligence and Information Management sub-programme

  29. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Programme Analysis • Programme 5: (Protection and Security Service) • The Protection and Security Services programme remains the smallest programme in the Department and receives less than 3 per cent of the Department’s total budget. • The budget allocation for Protection and Security Services increased from R1.9 billion in 2013/14 to R2.7 billion in 2014/15. This is a real percentage decrease of -0.76 per cent. • Table 7: Increase/decrease per sub-programme 2013/14 to 2014/15 • Sub-programme: VIP Protection Services - allocation increased from R775 million allocated in 2013/14, to R816 million in 2014/15. However, this is a real decrease of -0.90 per cent and represents the largest increase within the sub-programmes. • Sub-programme: Static and Mobile Security - allocation increased from R894 million in 2013/14 to R998 million in 2014/15. However, this is a real decrease of -0.72 per cent. • Sub-programme: Government Security Regulator - allocation increased for R91.5 million in 2013/14 to R96.8 million in 2014/15. However, this is a real decrease of 0.57 per cent. • Sub-programme: Operational Support – allocation increased from R203.1 million in 2013/14 to R226.4 million in 2014/15. However, this is a real decrease of 0.76 per cent.

  30. SAPS BUDGET ANALYSIS REPORT FOR 2014/15 FINANCIAL YEAR • Conclusion • During 2014/15 - focus must be placed on expenditure and delivery within several projects, notably all IS/ICT projects to strengthen the Criminal Justice Systems (CJS) revamp and the Integrated Justice System (IJS). • Dedicate more resources on infrastructure development, crimes against women and children (FCS), rural safety and training of officers for improved policing and a professional police service • Focus must be placed on Visible Policing. This programme is struggling to achieve set targets and hence also to improve on targets. • Visible Policing is the front-line of policing in South Africa and needs to excel in its mandate if the negative perceptions towards police, which are currently experienced, are to be changed. • Training and recruitment of police members needs to be re-viewed

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