ISS Seminar: City Blues: Corruption and Management in South Africa's Metropolitan Police Departments

Date: 2008-11-18 to Invalid date

Hosted by the ISS Crime, Justice and Politics Programme

South African police are increasingly perceived as being corrupt. However, public discourse on police corruption fails to distinguish between the national police body - the South African Police Service (SAPS), and the country’s metropolitan and municipal police departments (MPDs). Research indicates that corruption is especially prevalent in the enforcement of traffic regulations which, in the major urban centres, is primarily the responsibility of the MPDs. Additionally, MPDs are responsible for by-law enforcement and crime prevention within their jurisdictions, creating further opportunities for corrupt cops to abuse their powers. The paper on which this seminar is based represents the first attempt of its kind to understand and compare the manner in which South African MPDs attempt to grapple with this scourge.

Presenter: Andrew Faull, Researcher – ISS Crime, Justice and Politics Programme

Panelists:

• Deputy-Director A Nkosi – Internal Affairs, Johannesburg MPD

• Acting-Director K Matlapeng – Policing Governance, Tshwane MPD

• Deputy-Chief S Middleton – Durban MPD

• Director J Williams – Internal Affairs, Cape Town MPD

Date: 18 November 2008
Time: 11am-1pm (refreshments and registration from 10:30. Seminar followed by a light lunch)
Venue: ISS Conference Room, Block C, Brooklyn Court, 361 Veale Street, New Muckleneuck
(Parking at Brooklyn Mall and ABSA Court)

RSVP: Ms Busi Nyume, Tel: (012) 346 9500; Fax: (012) 346 4569; Email: [email protected]

This seminar will be run under Chatham House Rules, ie no attribution without specific permission. Chatham House Rules will not apply to the main presenter but only to the panelists.

This seminar is made possible through the generous support of the Open Society Foundation

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