OVERVIEW OF OPERATION SAFER FESTIVE SEASON

– OCTOBER TO DECEMBER 2016

South Africa Police Service
 CONTENTS

• Operation Safer Festive Season:

– Operational & Deployment Methodology
– Successes
• Crime Overview:
– Contact Crime
– Contact-related Crime
– Property-related Crime
– Other Serious Crime
– Crimes Dependent on Police Action
• Conclusion
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OPERATION SAFER
FESTIVE SEASON
 Operational & Deployment
Methodology 4

• The JCPS Cluster reaffirmed its commitment to

achieving Outcome 3:“All People in South Africa Are
and Feel Safe”, by:
– Going beyond the call of duty to safeguard society in
fighting crime during the Festive Season; and
– Ensuring overall stability in the country by managing all
service delivery protests, the #FeesMustFall campaign and
political gatherings and protests actions.
• An interdepartmental approach, coordinated by the
National Joint Intelligence and Operational
Structure (NATJOINTS), was followed.
• Duration of Operation: October 2016 - January 2017.
 Factors Impacting on Festive Season
Operations 5

• Festive Season shopping & entertainment.

• Increased movement of large sums of money.

• Cash demand driving sale of stolen goods & increase in illegal liquor outlets.

• In-flux of visitors & tourists from inland provinces (Gauteng, Free State,
Mpumalanga, North West, Limpopo & Northern Cape) to coastal provinces
(KwaZulu-Natal, Western Cape & Eastern Cape).

• Increased traffic volume on all national routes.

• Movement of migrant workers across borders.

• Targeting of women & children, including other vulnerable groups.

• Current campaigns, e.g. (#FeesMustFall), labour disputes related to salary

negotiations & violence in mining & transport sectors.
 6 Pillars of the Operational Approach
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Pillar Three
Firearms
Control, Pillar Four
Liquor, Crime
Second
Pillar One Pillar Two Against Pillar Five Pillar Six
Hand Goods
Women,
Aggravated Border & Safety at By-law Road Safety
Children &
Robberies Security Sports & Enforcement Enforcement
Recreational Persons
Events with
(SASREA), Disabilities.
Acts
Enforcement
 Operational Characteristics
7

• Overall approach - ensure high police visibility in targeted areas

informed by crime & intelligence assessments.

• Types of deployments:

– Roadblocks;

– Vehicle Control Points (VCPs);

– Patrols (vehicle, foot, including mall deployments);

– Stop & Search; and

– Specialised operations (e.g. Public Order Policing & Special Task Force).
 Operational Characteristics – Targeted
Approach 8

• Targeted deployment of all available personnel in conjunction with force-multipliers.

• Coordinated, supervised deployment of newly trained constables at malls and hotspot
areas.
• Focus on hotspots, informed by crime threat & intelligence analyses:
– Deployment approach varied from Province to Province;
– Focused on vulnerabilities such as high numbers of people, high volumes of traffic, infrastructure
(transport routes, malls).
• Tracing of wanted suspects.
• Intelligence-driven operations.
• Deployment of senior managers in provinces to oversee operations:
– Acting National Commissioner, Deputy National Commissioners, Divisional Commissioners &
Provincial Commissioners.

• Deployment of Head Office personnel.

• Majority of Public Order Police personnel granted leave to prepare for possible public
protest during January / February 2017 (#FeesMustFall).
Operational Deployments & Activities
(1) 9

Deployment of Newly Appointed Constables (4 953)

1600

1400

1200

1000

800

600

400

200

0
GP WC KZN EC MP NC LP FS NW
Newly Appointed
1519 1065 753 575 427 346 113 82 73
Constables
Operational Deployments & Activities
(2) 10

Police Actions (705 639)

180000
160000
140000
120000
100000
80000
60000
40000
20000
0
KZN WC LP FS EC GP NC MP NW
Road Blocks 1854 847 830 218 382 736 132 1194 235
VCP's 27451 3556 4759 1955 855 3924 384 1198 196
Patrols (foot & vehicle) 155129 62187 26298 16808 21607 13785 28992 9962 7438
Stop & Search 66909 131935 19640 31860 16609 19105 4592 18275 3802
Operational Deployments & Activities
(3) 11

Police Searches (2 443 886)

450000

400000

350000

300000

250000

200000

150000

100000

50000

0
MP KZN WC LP GP FS EC NC NW
Persons 402861 240907 255867 255304 190938 149113 125562 71590 71288
Vehicles 145906 107230 83812 76196 72208 48592 59272 37713 23722
Premises 1370 7184 3190 1954 3341 2593 3468 1080 1625
 Total Operational Police Activities
12

51 527
Total Police Actions 37 550
(705 639) & Searches
333 454 30 629
(2 443 886) 266 487

550 137
11 671

96 635
251 343
34 100
355 321
110 383
50 841
39 453
200 298
198 525 188 302

342 869
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Arrests 13

Total Arrests (83 479)

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20000

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0
WC KZN GP LP MP FS NC EC NW
Total Arrests 19625 16760 10412 9528 6256 5986 5747 5339 3826
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Arrests per Crime Category 14

Total Arrests Per Crime Category

14000

12000

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WC KZN GP LP MP FS EC NW NC
Police Action 8290 5738 5036 2198 2522 1583 1722 878 645
Other Serious 607 1246 379 522 203 224 217 129 177
Property Related 480 757 131 311 177 206 259 214 188
Contact-related 380 384 132 239 78 109 127 93 65
Contact Crime 2076 3490 1026 1871 922 1174 1083 924 684
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Arrests FCS Units 15

Number of Arrests by FCS Units (1 338)

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GP WC KZN LP NW FS MP NC EC
Number of Arrests 414 244 204 150 103 85 62 44 32
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Vehicle Seizures 16

Vehicle Seizures (669)

300

250

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150

100

50

0
KZN EC GP MP WC LIM FS NW NC
Involved in a commission of
38 23 8 20 16 21 14 7 4
crime
Stolen / Robbed 203 105 78 45 38 28 10 9 2
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Firearm Seizures 17

Firearm Seizures (1 060)

400

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250

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50

0
KZN EC GP LP WC MP FS NC NW
Homemade 6 9 0 1 12 0 0 0 0
Auto / Semi Auto 6 0 0 2 4 1 4 1 0
Shotgun 12 8 2 5 5 3 2 0 1
Rifle 31 5 15 13 2 11 0 10 1
Handgun 302 160 102 97 95 58 38 21 15
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Ammunition Seizures 18

Ammunition Seizures ( 8 691)

3000

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0
KZN WC EC LIM GP NC MP FS NW
Ammunition 2699 1755 1081 728 648 500 467 425 388
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Explosives Seizures 19

Explosives Seizures (14)

7

0
KZN GP LIM EC FS MP NW NC WC
Hand Grenade 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
Commercial Explosives 6 4 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Controlled Metal Seizures 20

Controlled Metals Seizures (1 962 036 grams / 1 962 kgs)

600000

500000

400000

300000

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100000

0
MP KZN LP FS EC WC NC NW GP
Copper cable (grams) 72700 435258164356225764 80100 48041 41680 4800 3053
Copper (grams) 475264 35308 247000 71000 600 26706 0 21205 0
Aluminium (grams) 1 0 0 0 9200 0 0 0 0
 Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Livestock Seizures 21

Livestock Seizures (608)

450

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250
Grams

200

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100

50

0
KZN FS EC NC NW MP LP GP WC
Other Livestock 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0
Sheep / Goat 178 90 53 16 15 11 0 0 0
Cattle 218 12 0 10 1 1 0 0 0
 Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Illicit Drug Seizures (1) 22

Illicit Drug Seizures (Grams)

3500000

3000000

2500000

2000000
Grams

1500000

1000000

500000

0
MP WC KZN FS NC EC NW GP LP
Nyaope 1331 0 48 41 0 23 98 546 500
Mandrax Powder 304 1314 271 479 25 20465 0 17075 36
Khat 143965 11038 15201 206 708 177 68 4372 30
Heroine Thai White 471 691 5161 107 0 35 2 30077 0
Crack Cocaine 45 1 605 2 0.3 2865 14 364 124
Cocaine Powder 546 82 767 126 0.15 278 4 3207 60
Cannabis 3181492 2254023 1468648 1069262 802040 608256 149626 83936 101041
 Operation Safer Festive Season
Successes – Illicit Drug Seizures (2) 23

Illicit Drug Seizures (Tablets / Units)

600000

500000

400000
Tablets / Units

300000

200000

100000

0
WC KZN EC FS GP LP MP NW NC
Mandrax (1/2 tab) 4429 119 380 90 62 0 18 26 122
Mandrax (1 tab) 538377 1237 6923 832 117 0 76 44 47
Heroine (1 tab) 64 2074 0 0 50 0 0 0 0
Ecstacy (1 tab) 542 314 10 0 0 0 88 138 0
Cannabis (plants) 670 19579 2522 721 1087 1267 672 263 179
 Notable Successes
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Stolen Goods and

15 Dec - Drug Drugs seized during
Laboratory closed operations (R 5 M)
(R 2.8 M)

17 Oct – Cannabis
seized (R 250 K)

14 Dec – Illicit
19 Dec – Armed Dec – 5 murder & drug and cash
robbers apprehended business robbery seizures (R 137 K
(R 450 K recovered) suspects apprehended & R 118 K)
(firearm recovered)

1 Dec – 2 Cop
Killers arrested,
firearms recovered

12 Dec - Disruption of
ATM attack, 8 suspects
18 Nov - Drug
fatally wounded
dealer arrested
(31 000 mandrax
tabs, R 0.9 M) 27 Dec - Stabilised St
Albans Prison Unrest
CRIME OVERVIEW
OVERVIEW
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Overall reduction in levels of Community-Reported Crime during the

Festive Season period:

• Contact Crime reduced by -5.3%

• Contact-related Crime reduced by -5.4%
• Property-related Crime reduced by -2.2%
• Other Serious Crime reduced by -5.3%

Overall increase in crimes dependent on police action:

• Crimes dependent on police action for detection increased by +8.4%

BROAD CATEGORIES OF CRIME (1)
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17 Community-Reported Serious Crimes

Contact Related Property Related Other Serious

Contact Crimes
Crimes Crimes Crimes

• Murder • Arson • Burglary at • Other Theft

• Sexual Offences • Malicious residential • Commercial
• Attempted Murder damage to premises Crime
• Assault GBH property • Burglary at non- • Shoplifting
• Common Assault residential
• Common Robbery premises
• Robbery Aggravated • Theft of motor
including the following vehicle and motor
TRIO Crimes: cycle
 Carjacking • Theft out of or
 Robbery – Residential from motor
 Robbery – Non - vehicle
Residential • Stock theft
BROAD CATEGORIES OF CRIME (2)
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4 Crimes detected as result of Police action

 Illegal Possession of firearm and ammunition

 Drug Related Crimes

 Driving under the influence of alcohol and drugs

 Sexual offences detected as a result of police action

Contact Crime
Contact Crimes: National Quarter 3
Comparison 30

177 955
170463 4.4% -5.3%
175000 168 546

150000

125000

100000

75000

50000
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Contact Crimes: National Month to Month
Comparison 31

70000

60000

50000

40000

30000

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0
Oct Nov Dec
2015 56175 56064 65716
2016 54587 53398 60561
% Change -2.8% -4.8% -7.8%
Contact Crimes: Provincial Overview
Quarter 3 ( 1st October – 31st December) 32

60000

50000

40000

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10000

0
LP FS EC GP KZN NC WC NW MP
Quarter 3 2015 11877 12180 19304 49606 27716 5549 31629 10438 9656
Quarter 3 2016 10498 11361 18085 47026 26288 5279 30543 10103 9363
% Change -11.6% -6.7% -6.3% -5.2% -5.2% -4.9% -3.4% -3.2% -3.0%
Contact-related
Crime
Contact-related Crimes: National
Quarter 3 Comparison 34

35000
34722

34500
34223
1.5%
34000

33500
-5.4%

33000 32864

32500

32000

31500
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Contact-related Crimes: National
Month to Month Comparison 35

14 000

12 000

10 000

8 000

6 000

4 000

2 000

0
Oct Nov Dec
2015 11 146 11 077 12 499
2016 11 068 10 231 11 565
% Change -0.7% -7.6% -7.5%
Contact-related Crimes: Provincial Overview
Quarter 3 ( 1st October – 31st December) 36

12000

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0
FS LP MP KZN GP NC NW WC EC
Quarter 3 2015 2310 2297 1725 4327 10020 915 1685 7997 3446
Quarter 3 2016 1916 1996 1557 3961 9215 894 1650 8108 3567
% Change -17.1% -13.1% -9.7% -8.5% -8.0% -2.3% -2.1% 1.4% 3.5%
Property-related
Crime
 Property-related Crime: National
Quarter 3 Comparison 38

144000

142000 141613

140000

138000 137495

-2.9% -2.2%
136000

134 439
134000

132000

130000
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Property-related Crimes: National Month to
Month Comparison 39

50 000

45 000

40 000

35 000

30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0
Oct Nov Dec
2015 47 121 45 658 44 716
2016 46 506 45 123 42 810
% Change -1.3% -1.2% -4.3%
Property-related Crime: Provincial Overview
Quarter 3 ( 1st October – 31st December) 40

45000

40000

35000

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

0
WC LP KZN FS NC MP GP EC NW
Quarter 3 2015 26304 8349 22788 8150 3332 9572 37755 13072 8173
Quarter 3 2016 24448 7835 21612 7731 3175 9237 38462 13460 8479
% Change -7.1% -6.2% -5.2% -5.1% -4.7% -3.5% 1.9% 3.0% 3.7%
Other Serious Crime
Other Serious Crime: National Quarter 3
Comparison 42

128000

126000 125644

124000
122778
122000
-2.3%
120000

118000

-5.3% 116273
116000

114000

112000

110000
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Other Serious Crime: National Month to
Month Comparison 43

45 000

40 000

35 000

30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0
Oct Nov Dec
2015 42 606 41 346 38 826
2016 40 045 39 846 36 382
% Change -6.0% -3.6% -6.3%
Other Serious Crime: Provincial Overview
Quarter 3 ( 1st October – 31st December) 44

45000

40000

35000

30000

25000

20000

15000

10000

5000

0
NW FS GP WC KZN LP MP NC EC
Quarter 3 2015 5837 6194 38114 28880 17677 7411 6953 2503 9209
Quarter 3 2016 5150 5695 35472 27403 17011 7153 6776 2480 9133
% Change -11.8% -8.1% -6.9% -5.1% -3.8% -3.5% -2.5% -0.9% -0.8%
Crimes Detected as a
result of Police Action
Crime Detected as a Result of Police Action:
National Quarter 3 Comparison 46

100000
99266

98000

96000

8.4%
94000

-0.4%
91977
92000 91567

90000

88000

86000
2014/2015 2015/2016 2016/2017
Crime Detected as a Result of Police Action:
National Month to Month Comparison 47

40 000

35 000

30 000

25 000

20 000

15 000

10 000

5 000

0
Oct Nov Dec
2015/16 30 246 29 187 32 134
2016/17 33 166 30 870 35 230
% Change 9.7% 5.8% 9.6%
Crime Detected as a Result of Police Action: Provincial
Overview Quarter 3 ( 1st October – 31st December)
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35000

30000

25000

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0
LP FS MP NC WC EC KZN NW GP
Quarter 3 2015 4703 3377 4198 1458 27106 6397 17291 4180 22857
Quarter 3 2016 5774 4122 4898 1684 30349 7023 18421 4212 22783
% Change 22.8% 22.1% 16.7% 15.5% 12.0% 9.8% 6.5% 0.8% -0.3%
CONCLUSION
 Closing Remarks
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• Overall reduction in the incidence of serious crime attributable to:

• High visibility, targeted deployments & operations;
• Intelligence-driven operations;
• Effective coordination of all stakeholders; and
• Hands on command & control by respective senior managers.
• Feedback from communities on high visibility & operations:
• Positive feedback received on social media & individual engagements during
deployments & operations.
• SAPS’s continued commitment to the current operational approach
(high visibility & targeted, intelligence-led deployments):
• Continued future cooperation with all external stakeholders; and
• Optimal utilisation & deployment of available resources.
SAPS’s Commitment to Government’s
Vision 2030 51

“Personal safety is a human right. It is a necessary

condition for human development, improved quality of
life and enhanced productivity. When communities do
not feel safe and live in fear, the country’s economic
development and the people’s wellbeing are affected”.

“In 2030, people living in South Africa feel safe at home,

at school and at work, and they enjoy a community life
free of fear. Women walk freely in the streets and
children play safely outside. The police service is well-
resourced and professional, staffed by highly skilled
officers who value their work, serve the community,
safeguard lives and property without discrimination,
protect the peaceful against violence, and respect the
rights to equality and justice.”
THANK YOU