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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

Build A United Front Against Crime PROVINCIAL SYMPOSIUM

Resolutions

21 January 2010, Durban

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

Noting that:

• Crime Prevention is a shared responsibility• Crime poses particular challenges for our

children, women, elderly, youth, persons with disabilities, families, community institutions

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

We, the delegates of the Build A United Front Against Crime Symposium resolve that:

• Communities must assume ownership of crime prevention and crime-fighting programmes

• Communities must be consulted and provided with feedback on actions taken by the police

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES resolve:

• To strengthen Community Police Forums by including cluster groups, CBOs, and others;

• To improve communication between police and the community

• To promote community education, including ongoing interaction and discussion with the police and promoting a better understanding of the CJS

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES resolve: (cont.):

• To support the police in rooting out corruption and malpractice

• To promote moral regeneration• To increase community participation• To create recreational facilities and promote

recreational activities• To create job opportunities

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FAMILIES AND COMMUNITIES resolve: (cont.):

• To identify local needs and devise response strategies

• To encourage leadership• To control issuing of liquor licences• To control substance and alcohol abuse• To promote community social cohesion to

integrate services

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FORMAL ASSOCIATIONS resolve that:

• Development Contractors must use local labour• Every child must be involved in sport• The Taxi industry must be represented in all CPFs, and

sub-forums for the taxi industry must be formed• NGO’s must be provided with skills to access support

• Asset mapping must be conducted to guage who is

doing what in an area

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FORMAL ASSOCIATIONS resolve that (cont.):

• NGOs must enhance cooperation• All formal associations (not just BAC) must

participate in CPF, CSFs, Ward Safety Committees and Street Committees

• Taxi drivers and passengers must be orientated to report all crimes witnessed

• Business to workshop people in rural areas on

business opportunities and methods

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

FORMAL ASSOCIATIONS resolve that (cont.):

• Street Committees must be prioritised – each community must protect their neighbourhood

• Veterans to be integrated in programmes dealing with crime

• The Taxi Industry must own their space and communities must own their streets and suburbs.

• Services of Chapter 9 Entities must be marketed• A community information network must be

formed

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES resolve to:

• Establish Provincial and local case flow management committees

• Support the JOINTS and Provincial Integrated Justice Forum

• Local government must incorporate safety plans into IDPs

• Community Safety Forums must be established and strengthened to coordinate crime prevention

• Strong partnerships must be established between communities and the police

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES resolve to (cont.):

• Align different government departments’ performance measures

• Increase funding for community structures• Align department boundaries to Municipalities

boundaries• Give more jurisdiction to Traditional Leaders to deal

with Liquor Act contraventions

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES resolve to (cont.):

• Give recognition to Traditional Police and Izinduna

• Implement proper M&E systems for government programmes

• Provincially coordinate training, provide financial support and general guidance for Programmes

• National Departments must develop legislative and policy frameworks for municipalities

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES resolve (cont.):

• Must extend Operation Hlasela to rural area

• Religious groups must lead moral regeneration programmes

• Engage in intensive Anti-Police Killing Campaigns

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES resolve (cont.):

• Start a campaign against rape, women and child abuse

• Address human trafficking strategies

• Address the plight of immigrants and their integration

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISONDEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY SAFETY AND LIAISON

THANK

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