'Unconscionable and irrational': SAPS human resource allocation. South African Crime
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2015
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Institute for Security Studies (ISS)
Abstract
The Khayelitsha Commission revealed that areas that are predominantly populated by people who are poor and black are systematically allocated only a small fraction of the average per capita allocation of police personnel in the Western Cape. These areas also suffer among the highest rates of murder and serious violent crime in the province. The allocation of human resources to policing impinges on various constitutional rights. Given the inequity and irrationality apparent in the allocation of police personnel, the Khayelitsha Commission recommended that this method be urgently revised. This article reviews the evidence heard on the allocations and the method currently used to allocate police personnel, suggests an alternative method, and calls on the government to heed the recommendation of the Khayelitsha Commission that the state urgently revise its method of allocation of policing resources.
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Human resources, South African police Service (SAPS), Khayelitsha Commission of Inquiry
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Redpath, J. and Nagia-Luddy, F. (2015). 'Unconscionable and irrational': SAPS human resource allocation. South African Crime Quarterly, 53: 15 - 26