Ekurhuleni Metropolitan PoliceDepartment

Impact of Municipal Police Services on Crime

The approach of the EMPD towards The approach of the EMPD towards traffic policing, by-law enforcement, traffic policing, by-law enforcement,

crime prevention and safety issues in crime prevention and safety issues in general. general.

Our Doctrine: Our Doctrine: “Partnership & Cooperation”“Partnership & Cooperation”

Chief of Police –Mr. R. McBride.Chief of Police –Mr. R. McBride.

Law enforcement.Law enforcement.

The enforcement of all prescribed The enforcement of all prescribed legislation is attended to with legislation is attended to with priority crimes higher on the list.priority crimes higher on the list.

Road traffic legislation.Road traffic legislation. Accident investigation and Accident investigation and

reconstruction.reconstruction. By-laws.By-laws.

Traffic PolicingTraffic PolicingDESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY Jul 2002 – Jun 2003 Jul 2003 – Jun 2004 Jul 2004 – Jun 2005 TOTAL

Barrier line 2926 3760 7423 14109

Cell phones 4231 5302 6323 15856

Drivers license 15917 18326 15554 49797

PDP 4225 3841 3301 11367

C.O.F 2449 858 471 3778

Defects: Tyres 11564 13138 8673 33375

Defects: Brakes 5725 3862 2753 11340

Defects: Lights 8333 6382 5409 20124

Stopping on Freeway 2405 1080 1528 5013

Trucks of freeway :Time limit 240 251 463 954

Overload : freight 1481 423 672 2576

Overload : passengers 1413 2258 1620 5291

Number Plates 5297 5068 5584 15949

Registration and licensing 13554 19460 15947 48961

Robot violations 91883 89450 134429 315762

Speed violations 435818 440114 708822 1584754

Stop/Yield signs disregarded 34504 34748 52078 121330

Seatbelts 16091 21409 16909 54409

Parking and stopping 33823 29215 28698 91736

Pedestrian violations: Freeway 1028 472 280 1780

Pedestrian violations: Other 183 142 59 384

Reckless and negligent driving 464 345 493 1302

Drunken driving 900 784 947 2631

Vehicle discontinued: Accident 404 418 523 1345

Vehicle discontinued: Defects 885 1417 958 3260

Other Freeway violations 1363 2194 4782 8339

Other violations 18387 31594 28743 68724

Escorts 2138 2734 2691 7563

AccidentsAccidents

OPERATIONS TOTAL

DESCRIPTION OF ACCIDENTS Jul 2002 – Jun 2003 Jul 2003 – Jun 2004 Jul 2004 – Jun 2005

Fatal injuries 315 290 332 937

Serious injuries 762 644 904 2310

Slight injuries 3256 2873 3501 9630

Damage only 7612 6490 7351 21453

Total 11945 10297 12088 34330

Hazmat 5 2 9 16

By-lawsBy-lawsComplaints/ProsecutionsComplaints/Prosecutions

METRO TOTALSTOTAL

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITYJul 2002 – Jun

2003Jul 2003 – Jun

2004Jul 2004 – Jun

2005

Dumping 226 233 563 1022

Hawkers 1249 2054 7630 10933

Illegal structures 521 1004 4757 6282

Vagrants 735 155 686 1576

Posters 20509 37636 24492 82637

Dog Complaints 417 1233 1008 2658

Other 11608 16620 6107 34335

TOTAL 35265 56487 45243 136995

Crime Prevention Arrests Crime Prevention Arrests CRIME PREVENTION

TOTAL DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITY

Jul 2002 – Jun 2003

Jul 2003 – Jun 2004

Jul 2004 – Jun 2005

Armed robbery 311 160 116 587

Robbery 111 56 48 215

Housebreaking and theft 369 171 105 645

Rape 39 30 11 80

Murder 70 49 51 170

Attempted murder 62 38 13 113

Assault 168 67 30 265

Assault GBH 88 85 34 207

Hijacking 208 86 126 420

Attempted hijacking 58 32 62 152

Theft of motor vehicle 121 101 101 323

Theft out of motor vehicle 61 24 21 106

Possession of stolen motor vehicle

165 78 81 324

Possession of stolen / unlicensed firearm

65 72 63 200

Possession of stolen goods 120 57 34 211

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITYJul 2002 – Jun

2003Jul 2003 – Jun

2004Jul 2004 – Jun

2005 TOTAL

Possession of narcotics 48 30 48 126

Malicious damage to property 61 22 15 98

Illegal immigrants 430 342 294 1066

Kidnapping 6 0 2 8

Taxi violence 68 44 44 156

Theft 46 40 69 155

Fraud 18 13 20 51

Warrants of Arrest 1974 9841 11815

Other arrests 1172 1163 657 2992

TOTAL ARRESTS 20 485

Crime Prevention Arrests Crime Prevention Arrests (cont)(cont)

DESCRIPTION OF ACTIVITYJul 2002 – Jun

2003Jul 2003 – Jun

2004Jul 2004 – Jun

2005 TOTALStolen firearms recovered 172 117 74 363

Stolen motor vehicles recovered

705 562 400 1667

Value of stolen goods recovered (Not vehicles)

R3 164 682.00 R2 896 740.00 R4 045 665.00 R 10 107 087.00

Value of narcotics recovered R 1 211 040.00 R88 900.00 R1 240 000.00 R2 539 940.00

Crime Prevention - RecoveriesCrime Prevention - Recoveries

Special OperationsSpecial Operations

7 Suspects arrested7 Suspects arrested Jewellery to the value of R250 000.00Jewellery to the value of R250 000.00 Arms cache consisting of:Arms cache consisting of:

1x AK 471x AK 471 x Shotgun1 x Shotgun11 x assorted handguns (pistols and revolvers)11 x assorted handguns (pistols and revolvers)Variety of ammunition Variety of ammunition

Operation Lyttelton

Special Taxi Operation - Tokoza

9 Taxi Drivers arrested9 Taxi Drivers arrested 94 Taxi’s impounded94 Taxi’s impounded 32 Stolen vehicles recovered32 Stolen vehicles recovered

Assisted Gautrans after 9 of their vehicles were damaged by taxi drivers.

Special Operations Special Operations (cont)(cont)

Crime prevention Operation - Mapleton Small Holdings

Successes: 2 Arrests for Possession of unlicensed firearms

1 Arrest for murder

11 Stolen / Unlicensed / Illegal Firearms recovered

Stolen household appliances recovered – Value R10 000

Stolen SANDF Radios and equipment recovered

Stolen Cameras and equipment recovered

220 Suspected stolen suitcases from JIA

Counterfeit money confiscated

Joint OperationsJoint Operations Operation WHOOperation WHO

Arrest of 40 of the most wanted suspects in Arrest of 40 of the most wanted suspects in conjunction with SAPSconjunction with SAPS

No of No of OpsOps

No of case No of case ArrestArrest

No of Morpho No of Morpho arrestsarrests

Finger-Finger-

PrintPrint

arrestsarrests

Other Other ArrestsArrests

1717 196196 44 99 3131

Vehicles Vehicles Seized Seized

Firearms Firearms SeizedSeized

GoodsGoods

SeizedSeizedDrugs/Drugs/

LiquorLiquor

SeizedSeized

OtherOther

3434 1818

20 Items incl:20 Items incl:

Cell phonesCell phones

DVDsDVDs

etcetc

200 Mandrax200 Mandrax

++300Kg dagga300Kg dagga

R17 000 LiquorR17 000 Liquor

Cash to the Cash to the value of value of R5000R5000

KLAAS MADIMETJA KLAAS MADIMETJA MOSEKIMOSEKI

ARRESTED FOR ARRESTED FOR ARMED ROBBERYARMED ROBBERY

ZAAIPLAS ZAAIPLAS CAS09/11/2003CAS09/11/2003

BENONI CAS BENONI CAS 221/04/2004 CAS 221/04/2004 CAS 448/04/2004448/04/2004

SAP14/127/2004 SAP14/127/2004 TEMBISATEMBISA

ID 700614 5588 083ID 700614 5588 083 431 MOKGOPONG 431 MOKGOPONG

NABOOMSPRUITNABOOMSPRUIT

Social Crime Prevention.Social Crime Prevention.

The EMPD is involved with a variety The EMPD is involved with a variety of projects within the community to of projects within the community to raise awareness of certain crimes.raise awareness of certain crimes.

A dedicated Social Crime Prevention A dedicated Social Crime Prevention Unit has been established.Unit has been established.

Joint planning and ops with SAPS and Joint planning and ops with SAPS and other agenciesother agencies

Some of the targeted projects Some of the targeted projects identified are:identified are:

Social Crime ProgramsSocial Crime ProgramsSchool Safety ProgrammeA Metro wide school safety programme was launched in March 2004.

The purpose is to cascade the programme to Regional and Area (Ward) level.To encourage effective learning and teaching at schools.To discourage and educate learners against criminal activities at school level

Community Safety Forum

To implement the review of the White Paper on Safety and Security.To enhance the implementation of the NCPS on a local municipal sphere.To encourage integration, cooperation and coordination of all spheres of Government in crime prevention.

Road To SafetyTo continuously educate the EMM community of the importance of Road Safety, concentrating on the six (6) pillars of Road To Safety strategy.To continuously do law enforcement on the six (6) pillars.To try and reduce road fatalities/accidents on our roads.

Primary School Road Safety Campaign

To educate learners (Pre & Primary schools) on correct road usage to and from schools.To reduce pedestrian accidents.

Social Crime Social Crime (cont.)(cont.)Demilitarisation Programme

To demilitarise ex-combatants by engaging them in the following programmes:

LearnershipsInvolving them in the establishment of SMME’sAssisting in placing them for employmentTo incorporate them in crime prevention initiatives

Launch of Safer City Strategy

To formulate an Integrated Approach in crime prevention in particular Social Crime Prevention & Environmental Design within the Municipality.

Safety Homes For Street Kids (New Project)To place street kids in homes where the following may be done:

Get education, health and nutrition.Re-united with families.Get counselling and rehabilitation.Reclaim the streets from criminality.

Child Prostitution (New Project)To reduce the rate of prostitution in our area, which will also assist with the reduction of child prostitution, HIV/AIDS, child trafficking and substance abuse.

Public LiaisonPublic Liaison Public Liaison (CPF)Public Liaison (CPF)

The EMPD is actively represented in both Area Boards (East The EMPD is actively represented in both Area Boards (East and North Rand)and North Rand)

EMPD now receives info from the CPF meetings and EMPD now receives info from the CPF meetings and management get feedback from the operational personnel.management get feedback from the operational personnel.

Public Liaison (Taxi associations)Public Liaison (Taxi associations) Participation in the Transport Coordinating Committee Participation in the Transport Coordinating Committee

(deals with building of taxi ranks)(deals with building of taxi ranks) Establishment of a regional taxi forum which meets once a Establishment of a regional taxi forum which meets once a

month and deals with issues at regional level.month and deals with issues at regional level. Established at ACSA – deals with transport operations at JIAEstablished at ACSA – deals with transport operations at JIA

Public Liaison (Hostels)Public Liaison (Hostels) Established a good relationship with hostel indunas.Established a good relationship with hostel indunas.

EMPD / SAPS RelationshipEMPD / SAPS Relationship

EMPD attends the following Forums:EMPD attends the following Forums: Provincial Area BoardProvincial Area Board Local Area BoardLocal Area Board CPF meetingsCPF meetings Area meetingsArea meetings Provincial Policing Co-coordinating CommitteeProvincial Policing Co-coordinating Committee SAPS station meetingsSAPS station meetings Ward committee meetingsWard committee meetings

EMPD participates in weekly joint cluster operationsEMPD participates in weekly joint cluster operations

MOU’sMOU’s

MOU with ACSA (Last phase of MOU with ACSA (Last phase of finalisation)finalisation)

MOU (Reviewed) with METRO’s (Last MOU (Reviewed) with METRO’s (Last phase of update)phase of update)

MOU with CI & DS (Finalised)MOU with CI & DS (Finalised)

CHALLENGESCHALLENGES No real time access to SAPS StatisticsNo real time access to SAPS Statistics

No access to Morpho touchNo access to Morpho touch

Non recognition of our rank structure by SAPSNon recognition of our rank structure by SAPS

Isolated incidents of lack of cooperation fron SAPS commandersIsolated incidents of lack of cooperation fron SAPS commanders

MOU with SAPS (CI and DS) finalized but not signedMOU with SAPS (CI and DS) finalized but not signed

SALGA Central Bargaining Council resolution on Conditions of Service SALGA Central Bargaining Council resolution on Conditions of Service and Disciplinary Code is not conducive to effective policingand Disciplinary Code is not conducive to effective policing

Non Policing Trade Unions!Non Policing Trade Unions!

All of the above have been brought to the attention of the National Co-All of the above have been brought to the attention of the National Co-ordinating forum for Municipal Policing: Refer Comm M Mmutleordinating forum for Municipal Policing: Refer Comm M Mmutle

(Partnership Policing)(Partnership Policing)

ConclusionsConclusions

The abovementioned successes are successes that have been The abovementioned successes are successes that have been achieved in addition to the successes achieved by the SAPS. They achieved in addition to the successes achieved by the SAPS. They are complementary.are complementary.

Municipal/Metro Police are effective force- multipliers, as they Municipal/Metro Police are effective force- multipliers, as they were intended.were intended.

With greater co-ordination, co-operation and integration of With greater co-ordination, co-operation and integration of planning with the SAPS, this effectiveness can be even further planning with the SAPS, this effectiveness can be even further enhanced to the reduction of crime.enhanced to the reduction of crime.

SALGA Central Bargaining Council Resolution on Conditions of SALGA Central Bargaining Council Resolution on Conditions of Service and Disciplinary Code should be reviewed. A distinction Service and Disciplinary Code should be reviewed. A distinction should be made between policing staff and other local government should be made between policing staff and other local government employees with regard to at the very least, the Disciplinary Code.employees with regard to at the very least, the Disciplinary Code.

Disciplinary code for Municipal/Metro Police should be more Disciplinary code for Municipal/Metro Police should be more aligned and linked to that of the SAPS.aligned and linked to that of the SAPS.

THANK YOU!THANK YOU!