METRO POLICE DEPARTMENT
INNER CITY LAW ENFORCEMENT
Presented by: SED:COMMUNITY SAFETY
Maj. Gen. Manganye
Date 22/23 September 2011
Purpose
To outline the mandate and services of the
Tshwane Metropolitan Police in terms of the
following strategic objectives of the City of
Tshwane:
• SO 3: Sustainable communities with clean,
healthy and safe environments and
integrated social services
• SO 4: Foster participatory democracy and
Batho Pele
Introduction
• The City of Tshwane is a major political and
economic centre:
• The capital city
• Business hubs
• Foreign embassies
Objects of local
government
Section 152(1) of the Constitution outlines the
following objects of local government:
• To provide democratic and accountable
government for local communities
• To ensure the provision of services to communities
in a sustainable manner
• To promote social and economic development
• To promote a safe and health environment; and
• To encourage the involvement of communities and
community organisations in the matters of local
government
Achieving Constitutional
objects
In order to achieve the objects of local government
outlined in the Constitution the Metro Police has:
• Provided holistic policing services throughout all regions
of the city focusing on crime prevention, traffic and by-law
enforcement
• Development of an effective Community Policing Forum
system
• Ongoing efforts to ensure a safe city where public order,
tranquility, trust and business confidence is fostered
• Establishment and participation in various community
forums to enhance safety and public participation and
trust
Cooperative government
Sections 40 and 41 of the Constitution states that
spheres of government must cooperate, preserve the
peace, national unity and indivisibility of the Republic
Section 154(1) of the Constitution outlines the
cooperation needed by National, Provincial and Local
government and the support which must be given to
municipalities to manage their own affairs, exercise
their powers and perform their functions
Section 206(8) of the Constitution states that there
must be effective coordination of the police service and
effective cooperation between the spheres of
government
Cooperative government
The Tshwane Metropolitan Police coordinates
and cooperates with a range of governmental
roleplayers, eg:
• South African Police Service
• Gautrans
• Home Affairs
• SARS (Customs)
• Gauteng Liquor Board
• Department of Education
• Justice Cluster – case flow management
Cooperative government
In terms of internal cooperation and coordination within the
municipality, the Tshwane Metropolitan Police interact with a
range of departments and division to address various safety
concerns, eg:
• Economic development – regulation and licensing of formal and
informal businesses
• City Planning
• Municipal Health Service
• Fire Brigade Services
• Public transport
• Electricity and water
• Roads and Stormwater
• Integrated Community Development
• Waste Management
• Municipal Courts
Tshwane Safer City Policy
Aim of the policy:
• To ensure that all relevant agencies and
organisations fulfil their legislative mandates to
create a safer city by recognising how their
functions can contribute to safety
• Coordination of functions to avoid duplication
• To integrate safety into all policies and strategies
Mandate of the Tshwane
Metropolitan Police
In terms of the SAPS Act as amended, a municipal
police service has the following functions:
• Traffic policing
• The policing of municipal by-laws
• The prevention of crime
Relevant Legislation
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Constitution
National Road Traffic Act 93 of 1996
South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995
Criminal Procedure Act 51 of 1977
Firearm Control Act 60 of 2000
Municipal Systems Act 32 of 2000
By-laws of the City
Functions of the Tshwane
Metropolitan Police
• Road Policing:
• Speed, overload control, roadside management, public
transport, freeway patrols
• Crime Prevention:
• Social crime prevention, crime prevention through
environmental design and redesign, special operations,
canine and equestrian units
• By-law Policing:
• Operations, complaints investigation, illegal electricity and
water connection investigations, liquor outlets,
unregulated/unlicensed business
• Proactive Policing:
• Decentralised, holistic policing of 3 core functions
Peripheral functions of the
Tshwane Metropolitan
Police
• Licensing services
• Protection services
• Land invasion
• Protection of Council property
• CCTV and radio room
• Events approvals
Background to by-laws and
by-law policing
• Municipal Systems Act 32/2000:
• Local authority has executive and legislative
authority and thus is able to pass by-laws
• A by-law can only be passed by the Council
of a local authority
• A draft by-law must go through public
participation prior to approval
• Once a by-law is approved by Council, it
must be published in the relevant
government gazette
City of Tshwane by-laws
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Cemeteries and crematorium
Child care services
Control of outdoor advertising
Credit control
Tshwane Youth Development Unit
Fire Brigade
Homes for the aged
Keeping of animals, birds and
poultry
• Keeping of bees
• Initiation schools
• Parking meters
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Property rates
Public amenities
Rules and order
Sanitation
Solid Waste
Electricity supply
Street trading
Substance abuse
Tshwane Market
Water supply
2009/2010 World Cup
Flats owned/administered by
Municipality
Hostels owned/administered by
Municipality
By-law enforcement
plan
• The Metro Police Department has adopted a by-law
enforcement plan which focuses on the following strategic
themes:
• Early Childhood Development (ECD)
• Local Economic Development (LED)
• Environmental management
• Revenue enhancement and infrastructure protection
• Substance abuse
By-law Enforcement Plan
The Constitution of the Republic of South Africa states that local
government must promote economic development. This involves various
aspects such as regulating trade and business as well as attracting
business investment into the city. In this regard, the following have been
prioritised:
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Uncontrolled street trading at major economic points
By-law enforcement at major economic nodes
Regulation of formal businesses
Vagrants
Illegal electricity and water connections
On-street parking in the Inner City, Sunnyside and Hatfield
Grime including dumping and littering will not attract business investment
Facilities of the CoT which enable economic development including
Wonderboom Airport and the Fresh Produce Market
• Bad Buildings
Security
• The City of Tshwane has 168 CCTV cameras
deployed at identified crime hotspots and there
is a rollout plan for the future cameras to be
extended through the entire City of Tshwane
• There is a camera response team that works
with SAPS that responds to incidents of crime
and traffic congestion that have been captured
by cameras
Crime Prevention
• The Metro Police has a Crime Prevention Strategy
that is dealing with crime within the City.
• Crime Spots are identified and targetted through
Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design
• Awareness campaigns are conducted in schools
i.r.o: Drug abuse, safer schools, domestic worker
programmes
• Street Patrols are taking place and neighborhood
watches have been established
Traffic Management
• The Department has embarked upon a fact finding
mission around the operation and maintenance of the
parking meter system in the CBD, Sunnyside, Hatfield
and Brooklyn Areas
• The Department will outsource the parking meter system
for effective operations
• This will assist the City in dealing with road obstructions
and general parking contraventions while contributing
towards the increased availability of on-street, short term
parking facilities
Traffic management
(Public transport)
• The Department is working with other law
enforcement agencies to deal with taxis and
busses within the CBD
• There will be more taxi ranks and holding
facilities to deal with the numbers of long
distance and local taxis, to avoid congestion
within the CBD and for effective law enforcement
Strategic direction
Integrated rollout plan for the ward based deployment of
metro police:
– Mandate:
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Ward-based strategy to be extended to all wards of Tshwane
Community Safety Department to deploy ten Metro Police Officers per ward
– Phase 1: Recruitment, training and deployment of additional 500 Metro
police by July 2012
– Phase 2: Recruitment, training and deployment of 1000 Metro police by
June 2013
– Phase 3: Recruitment, training and deployment of 1000 Metro police by
June 2014
– Phase 4: Recruitment, training and deployment of 500 Metro police by
June 2015
Strategic direction
Integrated rollout plan for the ward based deployment of metro police
Reg1
Reg2
Reg3
Reg4
Reg5
Reg6
Reg7
Total
Wards
28
5
12
4
23
9
11
6
3
3
24
8
4
3
105
38
Director
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
Cmdr/
S.Supt
5
4
9
6
3
8
3
38
Supt
4
4
4
4
4
4
4
28
Inspector
20
16
36
24
12
32
12
152
Sgt/
Constable
1128
488
928
448
128
968
168
4256
Total
1158
513
978
483
148
1013
188
4481
Impact of ward based
deployment
Key strategic mandates
such as reduced travel
time, visibility, etc. will be
maintained and
normalised
Thorough profiling of
wards
High level of cooperation and
understanding with local
leadership
Improved community
relations and community
confidence
Continued high visibility
will result in modification
of behaviour and thus a
reduction in incidents
and accidents
Pro-active interventions
to resolve symptoms of
lawlessness
Quicker response time
Strategic direction
• Further considerations:
– Public private partnerships
– Strengthening of intergovernmental
cooperation and coordination
YOUR SAFETY,
OUR PRIORITY