Challenges of policing during COVID-19
South Africa’s police face an unprecedented test and the country needs them to succeed.
The burden of enforcing South Africa’s strict 29-day COVID-19 lockdown has largely fallen to the South African Police Service (SAPS) and its law enforcement partners. Without time to prepare for the pandemic, the SAPS, like police agencies across the world, has had to learn and adapt in the face of unprecedented threats and resource constraints. Police have contracted the virus, stations have had to be closed, and yet the work must continue.
This seminar will explore the challenges of policing during lockdown, and lessons learned that might inform global police practice in future.
Chair: Dr Andrew Faull, Senior Researcher, Justice and Violence Prevention, ISS
Speakers:
Prof Karl Roberts, Consultant, Policing & Pandemics, World Health Organisation and Chair of Policing and Criminal Justice, Western Sydney University
Eldred de Klerk, Policing, Community Conflict and International and Intergovernmental Relations Specialist
South African Police Service (TBC)
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