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Our Department of Police Oversight and Community Safety ensures that citizens receive professional policing that is effective.

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IPID's silence on Judge Thulare's findings is deafening

More than 12 months after the damning finding by Western Cape High Court Judge, Daniel Thulare, it is deeply worrying that the Independent...

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Crime stats reveal another decrease in Western Cape murder rate

Joint statement: Premier Alan Winde and Provincial Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen Crime stats reveal...

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Swartland, Overstrand and Mossel Bay K-9 and Rural Safety Units successes

The Swartland and Overstrand Rural Safety Units (RSUs), along with their and the Mossel Bay K-9 units had a successful weekend in making the...

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K-9 and Rural Safety Units getting their claws into criminals

Swartland, Overstrand and Mossel Bay K-9 and Rural Safety Units getting their claws into criminals The Overstrand and Swartland Rural Safety...

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Minister Reagen Allen concludes oversight visits to SAPS in Garden Route

This past week, Western Cape Minister of Police Oversight and Community Safety, Reagen Allen conducted various announced and unannounced...

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LEAP deployment nearly doubles in Delft to combat highest murder rate in WC

LEAP deployment nearly doubles in Delft to combat highest murder rate in the province On 1 July 2023, the Western Cape Government (WCG) and...

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Criminality in Mossel Bay to be met with “heavy metal”

oint Media Release: Criminality in Mossel Bay to be met with “heavy metal” with launch of armoured vehicles The continued efforts of the...

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Swartland and Overstrand K-9 and Rural Safety units arrest 15 individuals

The Overstrand and Swartland K-9 and Rural Safety Units arrested fifteen individuals for various crimes over the past weekend. Of these...

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LEAP Officers confiscate 18 firearms during June

The Law Enforcement Advancement Plan (LEAP) officers are continuing to work towards creating safer communities. Between 29 May 2023 to 2...

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