Question NW2783 to the Minister of Police
24 August 2015 - NW2783
Ramatlakane, Mr L to ask the Minister of Police
(1)With reference to his reply to question 2391 on 7 July 2015, what is the current progress that his department has made with regard to the Investigation Case Docket Management Systems; (2) whether (a) detective and (b) intelligence-led investigations produce the desired results with regard to the increase of (i) quality dockets and (ii) the conviction rate; if not, why not; if so, what (aa) training programme he intends to introduce and (bb) are the further relevant details?
Reply:
- The Investigation Case Docket Management System (ICDMS) functionality has been implemented at 711 police stations since inception. These figures reflect the status as on 2015-07-30.
The breakdown per Province is as follows:
PROVINCE |
TOTAL |
Eastern Cape |
58 |
Free State |
61 |
Gauteng |
138 |
KwaZulu-Natal |
102 |
Limpopo |
58 |
Mpumalanga |
76 |
North West |
52 |
Northern Cape |
43 |
Western Cape |
123 |
TOTAL |
711 |
(2)(a) & (b) (i) & (ii) Yes, detective- and intelligence-led investigations are producing the desired results with regard to the increase of quality dockets and the conviction rate.
(2)(aa) The detective-and intelligence-led training programmes introduced to increase the quality of dockets and the conviction rate for 2014/2015 financial year are:
COURSE |
TRAINED MEMBERS |
DETECTIVE COURSES |
|
IDENTIFICATION OF EXPLOSIVES/EXPLOSIVE DEVICES |
283 |
BASIC FINANCIAL INVESTIGATION PRACTICE |
0 |
HARMFUL OCCULT RELATED CRIME LP |
21 |
FIREARM INVESTIGATION COURSE |
13 |
VEHICLE CRIME INVESTIGATORS COURSE |
60 |
STOCK THEFT LEARNING PROGRAMME |
79 |
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME REFRESHER WORKSHOP |
22 |
FAMILY VIOLANCE SEXUAL OFFENCES AND CHILD PROTEC |
194 |
INTRODUCTION TO FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS |
51 |
FORENSIC SOCIAL WORK REPORT WRITING |
57 |
RESOLVING OF CRIME SKILLS PROGRAMME 1 |
1485 |
STATEMENT TAKING FOR DETECTIVE |
219 |
CYBER FORENSICS FIRST RESPONDER L/P |
39 |
INTRODUCING THE CHILD WITNESS |
32 |
PROCUREMENT FRAUD INVESTIGATIONS |
0 |
COUNTER TERRORISM INVESTIGATORS COURSE |
44 |
SERIOUS AND VIOLENT CRIMES INVESTIGATION |
51 |
SEX OFFENDER IN CHILD ABUSE CASES |
0 |
PSYCHOLOGICALLY MOTIVATED CRIME COURSE |
0 |
EVALUATING THE EVIDENCE OF CHILDREN |
0 |
COMMERCIAL CRIME FOR LEANING PROGRAMME |
101 |
ORGANISED CRIME INVESTIGATORS |
45 |
BASIC CRIME INVESTIGATIVE PRACTICE |
841 |
BASIC FRAUD INVESTIGATORS COURSE |
271 |
INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONIC RELATED CRIME SCENE LP |
36 |
STATEMENT TAKING FROM A CHILD :FORENSIC SOCIAL WORKER |
60 |
CIRCULATION SYSTEM |
16 |
CAS COURSE(F): INVESTIGATION PERSONNEL |
694 |
CAS COURSE(G): INVESTIGATION COMMAND PERSONNEL |
54 |
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLES-PERSONS-GOODS-STOCK |
1853 |
CIRCULATION SYSTEM : ENQUIRY WANTED PERSONS |
33 |
BASIC FORENSIC TOXIC0LOGY FOR INVESTIGATORS |
80 |
NATIONAL PHOTO IMAGE SYSTEM |
716 |
CIRCULATION SYSTEM:ENQUIRIES VEHICLES (CV-PROFILES |
528 |
E-DOCKET |
301 |
PREPARING CHILDREN FOR COURT |
67 |
BASIC CRIME SCENE MANAGEMENT |
353 |
INFORMERS HANDLING COURSE |
443 |
INVESTIGATING INTERVIEWING |
286 |
IDENTITY PARADE |
379 |
POINTING OUT |
206 |
BIODIVERSITY CRIME SPECIALISED TRAINING |
30 |
SAPS 6 AND DOCKET PROGRESS SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAM |
95 |
SEXUAL OFFENCES COURSE FOR INVESTIGATING OFFICERS |
952 |
DETECTIVE COMMADERS LEARNING PRIGRAMME |
352 |
CRIME INTELLIGENCE COURSES |
|
BASIC VETTING COURSE |
15 |
CI : UNDERCOVER OPERATIONS COURSE |
74 |
COUNTER INTELLIGENCE COURSE |
16 |
TEXTCHART & CHART EXPLORER |
10 |
INKWAZI SYSTEM LEARNING PROGRAMME |
331 |
OPERATIONAL ANALYST COURSE |
100 |
ADVANCE POLIGRAPHY TRAINING |
0 |
BORDER SECURITY CONTROL AND MANAGEMENT - LAND |
0 |
CAS COURSE(N): CRIME INTELLIGENCE OFFICE |
0 |
COMPUTER SECURITY+ |
0 |
GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM |
108 |
HIGH ANGLE COURSE 1 AND 2 |
0 |
IBM i2 IBASE USER TRAINING COURSE |
0 |
INTELLIGENCE ANALYSIS MANAGEMENT COURSE |
0 |
IP GRANATE |
0 |
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SOLUTIONS ASSOCIATE (MCSA) |
0 |
MICROSOFT CERTIFIED SYSTEMS ENGINEER (MCSE) |
0 |
RADIO ELECTRONIC TRAINING |
0 |
RADIO INSTALLATION |
0 |
STRATEGIC ANALYST COURSE |
0 |
CIRCULATION COURSE |
16 |
CIRCULATION COURSE-VEHICLE/PERSON/GOODS/STOCK |
1853 |
N+ COMPUTER COURSE |
0 |
A+ COMPUTER COURSE |
0 |
CISCO CERTIFIED NETWORK ASSOCIATE (CCNA) |
0 |
SECURITY RISK CRISIS MANAGEMENT |
1 |
CRIME INFORMATION ANALYSIS LEARNING PROGRAM |
108 |
CRIME INTELLIGENCE GATHERING COURSE |
312 |
BASIC SURVEILIANCE ASSISTANT |
0 |
ORGANISED CRIME THREAT ANAYSIS (OCTA) |
0 |
HUMAN INTELLIGENCE TRADECRAFT LEARNING PROGRAMME |
19 |
SURVEILLANCE COURSE |
0 |
ANALYST NOTEBOOK |
20 |
IBASE DATA CAPTURING |
0 |
INTELLISHARE EXPLORER AND CAPTURE |
0 |
ANACAPA |
0 |
IBASE USER COURSE |
0 |
(2)(bb) Comparing the 1st quarter of the 2015/2016 financial year with the 1st quarter of the 2014/2015 financial year, there is a decrease in the not guilty verdicts in court.