1. IPID WESTERN CAPE PRESENTATION
INDEPENDENT POLICE INVESTIGATIVE DIRECTORATE
IPID BRIEFING TO THE NCOP
7 MAY 2013
IPID WESTERN CAPE PRESENTATION
PRESENTER: ACTING PROVINCIAL HEAD
MR T LEHOLO

2. INTRODUCTION
Presentation on Western Cape Police Brutality and Manifestations thereof in the Province:
Staff Complement
Strategies to mitigate police brutality
IPID Western Cape Internal Challenges
IPID Western Cape External Challenges
Steps taken to address the challenges

3. BACKGROUND
JURISDICTION OF IPID WESTERN CAPE

4. Total 25 STAFF COMPLIMENT PROVINCIAL SATELLITE Provincial Head
Director Investigations
Investigators - 20
Investigators - 3
Support staff - 6
Support staff -1

5. BACKGROUND SAPS has 146 police stations
Western Cape population: 5 million
SAPS has 146 police stations
16 Satellite stations constituting of 25 clusters
19692 commissioned SAPS members
Police ratio to population: 1:245
IPID Investigator. ratio to SAPS members: 1:985
(Average 6 stations per cluster depending on area)
To enable the office to effectively and efficiently investigate cases, we have divided
the IPID investigators into 15 clusters, 1 investigator serving one or two clusters
and attend matters in those areas. Notwithstanding the above, the office is faced
with serious challenges of investigative capacity and high volume of intake in that it
is proposed that each cluster must be beefed up with additional investigators of
to 2 per cluster.

6. POLICE BRUTALITY AND MANIFESTATIONS IN THE PROVINCE
Current status of active case files/Investigations February 2013
Province
Sec 28 (1) (a) Death in Custody
Sec 28 (1) (b) Death due to actions
Sec 28 (1) (c) Discharge of fire-arm
Sec 28 (1) (d) Rape
Sec 28 (1) (e) Rape in custody
Sec 28 (1) (f) Assault & Torture
Sec 28 (1) (g) Corruption
Sec 28 (1) (h) Other criminal matters
Sec 28 (2) Systemic Corruption
Misconduct SAPS Misconduct
Total Cases (1 February 2013

7. Current criminal dockets on the court roll as @ February 2013
Court Matters
Current criminal dockets on the court roll February 2013
Cases in District/Regional Courts 55
Cases in High Court 1
Total
Breakdown
Murder 16
Rape 13
Assault 16
Attempted Murder 5
Culp Homicide 1
Armed Robbery 1
Discharge of firearm 1
Defeating the ends of Justice 1
Damage to Property 1
Inquest 1

8. STRATEGIES TO MITIGATE POLICE BRUTALITY
Conduct outreach on the mandate of IPID, SAPS Constitutional Mandate and Human Rights to SAPS Specialized Units, Clusters, Commanders and members.
Joint Monthly meetings with Provincial SAPS office.
Meeting with SAPS/IPID Nodal Point to discuss operational challenges and implementation of IPID Act.
Expedite investigations and recommendations to SAPS and DPP.
We embarked on Project driven investigations in rural areas: West Coast, Boland and Southern Cape.
Monitoring cases on court rolls.

9. Investigations INTERNAL CHALLENGES
High intake volume of new Complaints in the Province
Average per month – 148 Complaints
2. Capacity constraints
To be efficient and expedite registration and investigation we need additional investigators and administrative support
3. Long distance travelled by investigators to conduct investigations
Vastness of the area where investigations are conducted e.g.. Bellville to Lutzville (West Coast , 5 hour drive, single trip ±500km), Southern Cape (Plettenberg Bay, 5 to 6 hours)

10. Investigations EXTERNAL CHALLENGES Distance Vast jurisdiction
Transporting of dockets to different courts, collection of dockets and witnesses
Security Risks
Transporting of suspects
No adequate vehicles to transport suspects
Access to violent prone areas

11. STEPS TAKEN TO ADDRESS CHALLENGES
Investigation
High intake volume of new Complaints in the Province
Interaction with SAPS provincial management monthly and as and when necessary to discuss operational issues, trends and proactive intervention etc.
Conducting outreach programmes on IPID mandate with SAPS units and stations.
Investigation, completion and finalization of cases.
Project management driven investigation approach
Clustering of areas with dedicated investigators for investigation due to vastness of area
Stationing of investigators in far lying areas for a week to finalize investigation and return at end of week to mitigate distance and travelling e.g.. George, Vredendal

12. closure
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