National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega streamlines the South African Police Service crime intelligence environment
16 Jan 2014
Following an announcement in Parliament last year by the National Police Commissioner General Riah Phiyega that she will be adopting a hands-on approach in respect of the Crime Intelligence environment, various steps have been initiated.
The steps taken are intended at Crime Intelligence becoming a highly focused unit which delivers on its core mandate of crime information gathering, and crime pattern analysis in close collaboration with other South African Police Service (SAPS) environments.
After careful consideration of the combined functioning of the Division Crime Intelligence and Protection & Security Services (CIPS), the National Commissioner today (16 January 2014), announced that she has taken a decision to change and purify this structure.
Towards the latter part of 2013, the CIPS structure was separated into two Divisions; Crime Intelligence and Protection & Security Services. The actual separation has now entered into an implementation phase.