Question NW93 to the Minister of Police
02 August 2024 - NW93
Taaibosch, Mr G to ask the Minister of Police
Whether, considering the money that is spent on gender-based violence (GBV) training programmes for the members of the SA Police Service and the fact that there is a rise in the incidences of GBV, an impact assessment was ever conducted to determine the effectiveness of such training programmes; if not, why not; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
Yes, impact assessments were conducted to determine the effectiveness of the implemented Gender Based Violence (GBV) related training programmes in 2019 and 2020.
The conducted impact assessment on “First Responder to Sexual Offences Learning Programme and Sexual Offences for Investigating Officers Learning Programme” contributed towards the review of the Domestic Violence Learning Programme, Vulnerable Groups Learning Programme and Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Learning Programme. The Dignity, Diversity and Policing Learning workshop was also introduced to both Basic Police Development and In-Service Police Development.
The Basic Police Development Learning Programme content was also reviewed and aligned to the reviewed Domestic Violence Learning Programme, Vulnerable Groups Learning Programme and Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Learning Programme. These mentioned programmes are also presented in the In-Service Police Development as post basic training to enhance the skills and competencies of the members. The decrease or increase of GBV cannot be attributed to training of police members as GBV is committed by the society and mostly indoors. SAPS is currently reviewing training on GBV with relevant stakeholders after the Public Protector findings training