Community Safety
Question by:
Hon Lennit Max
Answered by:
Hon Daniel Plato
Question Number:
12
Question Body:
- Whether the Philippi Police Station has a functional Community Police Forum (CPF); if not, why not and by when will the CPF be properly constituted; if so, what are the relevant details;
- whether the current or previous members of the CPF were appropriately screened to ensure they do not have any criminal records; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Answer Body:
12. (1)Yes, CPF functionality is measured through the Department’s Expanded Partnership Programme (EPP) which is based on Section 18 of the South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995. According to our records, the CPF is participating in the EPP and is considered to be functional. On 2 October 2017 an elective AGM was held and the full executive committee consisting of 8 office bearers and 3 additional members were duly elected.
(2)The South African Police Service (SAPS) is responsible for the screening of elected CPF members. The Department of Community Safety presided over the Philippi CPF elections and have requested SAPS to screen the new executive.
Date:
Friday, November 17, 2017
