The CPF

The Community Police Forum’s responsibilities are to:

  • Advise the SAPS regarding local policing priorities; jointly identify policing priorities for presentation to the MEC for Community Safety.
  • Facilitate in resolving concerns, problems and complaints from community members regarding policing.
  • Harmonise the relationship between the police and the community.
  • Request the Station Commissioner to provide crime information analysis on policing on a quarterly basis and as when it is required.
  • Obtain regular feedback from the community about the quality of police service delivery.
  • Initiate and support community based crime prevention projects.
  • Inform the community about the activities of the CPF and sub-forums and engage them accordingly.
  • Ensure effective management of the forum’s resources.
  • Monitor and request reports on the activities of the Sectors and ensure the sharing of good practices

The Community Police Forum’s objectives are to:

  • Establish and maintain a partnership between the community and the police.
  • Promote communication between the community and the police.
  • Promote co-operation between the community and the police in fulfilling the needs of the
  • Improve the rendering of police services to the community at local level.
  • Improve the transparency in the service and accountability of the police to the community.
  • Promote joint problem identification and problem solving by the police and the community in relation to crime, service delivery, disorder, and poor community police relations.
  • Monitor the effectiveness and efficiency of the police.
  • Evaluate the provision of visible policing in the Sector area.
  • To promote the aims and objectives of Community Policing and facilitate the functioning thereof.
  • Implement projects in the interests of improved community safety.

Our Trauma Counsellers

Our Sector have a dedicated volunteer counselling group headed by a professional counseller.

We will also assist as much as possible with referrals to the correct organisations to assist any individual should their need lie outside the scope of short-term trauma counselling offered by this group.

Subcategories

  • Trauma and Counselling

    The trauma counsellors provide basic emotional support to anyone who has been a victim of crime, by helping them to learn how to cope and deal with the effects and nature of their trauma.

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