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The Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service is an intelligence agency that tracks criminal elements within the Republic of South Africa. It is run by a Divisional Commissioner, who is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee (NICOC), to which they report. The main functions of the CI division are:
Pages in category "South African police officers convicted of crimes" The following 9 pages are in this category, out of 9 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), commonly known as the Hawks, is the branch of the South African Police Service which investigates organised crime, economic crime, corruption, and other serious crime referred to it by the President or another division of the police. [1]
The Department of Police (formerly known as the Department of Safety and Security) is one of the departments of the South African government. It oversees the South African Police Service and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The current Minister of Police is Senzo Mchunu who replaced Bheki Cele in June 2024.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), formerly the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), is a department of the South African government responsible for investigating complaints against the South African Police Service and municipal police services.
The SAPS is responsible for managing 1,123 police stations across South Africa, [591] and as of 2020 had 187,000 service members (down from 192,000 in 2019). [592] By contrast South Africa had 450,000 private security guards in 2020 (and 470,000 in 2021), [593] besides 1.5 million qualified "but inactive" private security personnel. [43]
The powers and responsibilities of South African municipal police are more restricted than those of the South African Police Service. The three statutory functions of municipal police services are: [4] Traffic policing; Enforcement of municipal bylaws and regulations; Preventing crime; Municipal police forces do not conduct criminal investigations.
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 ...