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City Police headquarters moved from Burg Street to Wale Street, Cape Town in 1890. Several more police stations were opened in Cape Town and neighbouring villages during the 1890s, namely Constantia, Hout Bay, Maitland, [20] Durbanville, [20] Kloof Street (Cape Town), [20] Durban Road (later 'Bellville') (1895), [21] Observatory, Philadelphia ...
Police Office (1825–40) – Established in 1825 to co-ordinate the fiscal's law enforcement officers and the Night Watch in Cape Town. [3] It was replaced by the Town Police in 1840. Cape Peninsula Urban Police (1840–1913) – Established in 1840 as the Town Police, [4] and modelled on the London Metropolitan Police. [5] – It replaced the ...
In 1795, British officials assumed control over the Dutch Watch, and in 1825 established the Cape Constabulary (which became the Cape Town Police Force in 1840). In 1854, a police force was established in Durban which would become the Durban Borough Police, and in 1935 the Durban City Police (DCP). [8]
The Cape Peninsula Urban Police were responsible for policing in and around the city of Cape Town between 1652 until its absorption into the national South African Police in 1913. The Durban Borough Police created in 1854, later to become the Durban City Police, and now the Durban Metro Police , to police the city of Durban : the force was ...
Chevron Refinery, Cape Town Saldanha Tank Farm - Port of Saldanha Bay . 32°59′49.10″S 18°00′43.21″E / 32.9969722°S 18.0120028°E / -32.9969722; 18.0120028 [ note 10 Muldersvlei Transmission Station
They worked in conjunction with the Night Watch (1686-1840), which was responsible for the nighttime surveillance of Cape Town. [3] These two units were merged in 1825 into the Police Office, which was later replaced by the Town Police (also known as the Cape Peninsula Urban Police) in 1840. [4] [5]
The Special Task Force (STF) is the only tier one police tactical unit of the South African Police Service (SAPS) that specialized in anti-irregular military, counterterrorism and hostage rescue crisis management, high-risk tactical special operations, quick raid to capture or kill (if necessary) high-value targets, and VIP protection. The ...
Four units were strategically placed at Pretoria, Durban, Mthatha and Cape Town. These units participate in intelligence-driven operations to combat crime in the service areas of police stations and are responsible for stabilizing tense situations when normal policing is insufficient, such as intervening at incidents of public violence when ...