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This presentation details the performance review of the Free State Province for 2010-2011, led by Lieutenant General Sitole. It includes an overview of crime statistics, performance challenges, and intervention strategies. Key issues highlighted are border policing, contact crimes, and contributing factors like poor infrastructure and illegal immigration. It emphasizes specific crime categories, the role of contributing stations, and proposes strategies to enhance policing effectiveness. The report aims to provide insight into the current situation and future strategies to improve public safety.
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PRESENTATION TO THE PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE FREE STATE PROVINCE - PERFORMANCE REVIEW 2010-2011 LIEUTENANT GENERAL SITOLE
CONTENTS • Provincial profile • Performance overview 2010 – 2011 • Performance challenges • Border Policing, hot spots and challenges • Intervention Strategies • Current situation (September to December 2011
PROVINCIAL PICTURE TOTAL FOR CRIME CATEGORIES
TARGET 4 – 7% CONTACT CRIMES
OTHER SERIOUS CRIMES TARGET 1 – 4%
TRIO CRIMES TARGET 4 – 7 %
STATION PICTURE (TOP 12 STATIONS) TRIO + TRUCK HI-JACKINGS
DETECTIVE PERFORMANCE 2010 - 2011
Contributing Factors • Environmental design – poor infrastructure, roads / emergence of shacks (uncontrolled) / poor or no street lighting / lack of house numbering /open spaces. • Complainants tend to often withdraw cases stating that they do not have time to go to court (repeat offenders) • Lack of sufficient by- laws , opening of businesses by foreigners / illegal immigrants.
Contributing Factors • Ever expanding informal settlement population places a strain on policing and resources, both human and physical. • Large number of vacant / disused /unused buildings. • Increase in rapes – Bloemspruit / Sonskyn – increase in reporting rates • Increased number of Service Delivery actions – foreigners are targeted / attacked. • Illegal mining activity – Goldfields • Cross border crime
Contributing Factors • Increase number of rapes at Phuthaditjhaba– as a result of a serial rapist near the University. Coupled with rapes he was linked to robberies, theft, attempted murders. Arrested and linked to 13 rapes and robberies. • Increase in Trio – crimes (business robberies) – 41 Awaiting Trial Prisoners escaped from Harrismith. Upon arrest, they were linked to business robberies.
ILLEGAL FOREIGNERS STOLEN VEHICLE CROSSING POINTS N3 N1 RED = HOT SPOT North West N1 N8
BORDERLINE CHALLENGES • Borderline fence is severely damaged and in many parts removed • Illegal crossing points with shops / gates • Illegal labour practices – use of illegal immigrants by farmers • Poor condition of roads • Illegal grazing
INTERVENTION STRATEGIES • Implementation of the Turn Around Strategy :- • Re-alignment of accountability sessions – Stations to Clusters, weekly and bi-weekly / Clusters to Province –monthly and quarterly • Sustained visibility on the major routes • Sector policing project at Bloemspruit, Parkweg – benchmarking from Thabong, aimed at sustained visibility and collaborative interventions • Every Tuesday, Provincial Heads go to Clusters and stations – performance based interventions
Intervention Strategies • Return and formalisation of the OCTA process- stations to undertake docket analysis • Sustain project orientated task teams focussing on TRIO and priority crimes • Resource Management Committee established to address the strategic deployment and utilization of resources (human and physical)
Intervention Strategies • Development of a multi agency Provincial Crime Prevention Strategy ( consultation process ) • Project to address by-laws • Stock Theft Project ( decrease in stock theft cases) • Project on FCS