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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 headed by a Chief Constable and was modelled on British police forces. [1] "Municipal police forces" were also established in some cities in the 1980s, during the apartheid era.
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 ...
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]
From 1652 until 1840, the primary law enforcement agency in Cape Town was the Fiscal's law enforcement officers who maintained law and order in the area. [2] They worked in conjunction with the Night Watch (1686-1840), which was responsible for the nighttime surveillance of Cape Town. [3]
The South African Policing Union (SAPU) was established in November 1993 and has an extensive membership within the policing cluster which includes the South African Police Service (SAPS), Department of Correctional Services (DCS), Metro Police Departments and Traffic Departments.
In South Africa, a metropolitan municipality or Category A municipality is a municipality which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation. This is by contrast to areas which are primarily rural, where the local government is divided into district municipalities and local municipalities .
The National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) is the agency of the South African Government responsible for state prosecutions. Under Section 179 of the South African Constitution and the National Prosecuting Authority Act of 1998, which established the NPA in 1998, the NPA has the power to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the state and to carry out any necessary functions incidental to ...