| Action
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Individuals |
Civil Society |
Business |
Local government |
Provincial &
National Government |
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Strategy
1.A: Neighbourliness and Community Forums |
| 1.A.1 Neighbours and
community forums |
Get to know your neighbours and join
a community forum (such as a community police forum or street committee)
in your neighbourhood |
Community forums to encourage involvement
of all members of the community and create opportunities for people
to get to know each other. |
Provide resources to support
your local community forum and initiate community events that help people
to interact with their neighbours |
Develop resources for community forums
and host a database of safety stakeholders contact information.
Support community events that help people to get to know their neighbours
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Develop resources for use by community
forums. |
| 1.A.2 Be alert to threats |
Be alert to possible threats to your
neighbourhood and contact authorities when necessary. |
Community forums to provide information
on threats and access to communication information. |
Assist community forums in opening
channels of communication.. |
Have communication channels through
which threats can be reported and addressed. |
Have communication channels through
which threats can be reported and addressed. |
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1.B: Planning for Safety and Promoting Ownership of Public Spaces |
| 1.B.1 Understand crime
risk points |
Inform yourself of crime risk points
in your area. |
Where necessary community forums to
request help from authorities in reducing risk factors (suchh as the
lack of street lighting in a key crime zone). |
Invest in initiatives to reduce crime
risk points in your area. |
Source and develop resources on Crime
Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED) principles. |
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| 1.B.2 Design spaces
for safety
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Provide input into public processes
in the design of public space. |
Community forums to provide input into
public processes in the design of public space. |
Implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) principles when undertaking private developments. |
Implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) principles when developing public spaces and public buildings. |
Implement Crime Prevention Through Environmental
Design (CPTED) principles in public buildings. |
| 1.B.3 Make sure public
space is actively used |
Actively use public open spaces in your
area, and encourage others in the community to do the same. |
Host events that use public open spaces
and so promote community ownership. |
Take up business opportunities that
make active use of public open spaces
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Host municipal events in public spaces
and facilitate active use of public open space by other sectors.
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| 1.B.4 Maintain public
space |
Look after and respect public property
such as bus shelters, street lights, and playground equipment in your
local area.. |
Host events to clean up and maintain
public spaces. |
Partner with the public sector in order
to achieve better management and the active use of public spaces. |
Partner with the private sector in order
to achieve better management and the active use of public spaces. |
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1.C: Integration and Capacity Development |
| 1.C.1 Develop partnerships
with active channels of communication. |
Participate in community Forums in your
area. |
Community Policing Forums to maintain
channels with public, Metro Police and SAPS. |
Business to engage with SAPS and Metro
Police through CF’s. |
Regular communication between Metro
Police and SAPS, CF’s, Business and public to be developed and maintained.
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Regular communication between SAPS and
Metro Police, CF’s Business and public to be developed and maintained.. |
| 1.C.2 Define areas
of responsibility. |
Inform yourself of the roles of various
role players involved in safety. |
Develop capacity within community forums
to mobilise community resources and act against crime. |
Business to continue to develop role
in working against crime through BACSA and CF’s. |
Role of Metro Police in relation to
other sectors to be clearly defined and communicated. |
Role of SAPS in relation to other sectors
to be clearly defined and communicated.. |
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1.D: Targeted Social Crime Prevention |
| 1.D.1 Provide resources |
Provide voluntary assistance, including
resources, to crisis and victim support centres, youth organisations
and organisations addressing poverty, unemployment and food security. |
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Sponsor crisis and victim support centres,
youth organisations, youth centres and organisations addressing poverty,
unemployment and food security. |
Support crisis and victim support centres,
youth organisations, youth centres and organisations addressing poverty,
unemployment and food security. |
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| 1.D.2 Support street
children |
Assist organisations and government
that are involved in the appropriate management and support of street
children. |
Help develop sustainable for the management
and support of street children. |
Help develop sustainable for the management
and support of street children |
Create a sustainable infrastructure
for the effective management and support of street children.
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Assist in the creation
of an effective management and support system for street children. |
| 1.D.3 Prevent sales
of illegal liquor to reduce alcohol related crime |
Report illegal liquor outlets in your
area to the authorities and follow up until they are closed down. Don’t
buy from them. |
Community Forums to ensure that new
businesses selling alcohol follow the law and to comment on applications
for new liquor licenses. |
Ensure that you comply with the law
regarding the sale of alcohol. |
Close down illegal liquor outlets. |
Close down illegal liquor outlets |
| 1.D.4 Schools safety |
Address safety in your own schools through
engaging them on the issue and instill your own children with appropriate
values.. |
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Develop and implement a plan to address
safety and security issues in schools. |
Develop and implement a plan to address
safety and security issues in schools. |
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1.E: Access to Information and Education |
| 1.E.1 Access and provide
information on crime |
Report crime and share information on
successes in preventing crime. |
Collate and disseminate information
on safety and security and provide a watching brief on crime prevention
performance. |
Develop and market different methods
regarding the dissemination of information (such as SMS systems). |
Disseminate information through a variety
of channels on the amount of crime, areas of crimes, types of crimes,
crime prevention and successes in preventing crime. |
Disseminate information through a variety
of channels on the amount of crime, areas of crimes, types of crimes,
crime prevention and successes in preventing crime. |
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1.F: Create an Effective Criminal Justice System |
| 1.F.3 Don’t break
the law |
Adhere to all laws (e.g.
don’t buy stolen goods or drink and
drive)
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Adhere to all laws and don’t turn
a blind eye to fraud and corruption in civil society. |
Comply with the law relevant to your
business and report fraud and corruption in business. |
Adhere to all laws and don’t turn
a blind eye to fraud and corruption in government.
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Adhere to all laws and don’t turn
a blind eye to fraud and corruption in government. |
| 1.F.4 Report crime
to ensure prosecution |
Report all crimes to the police and
ensure that a case docket is opened for investigation. |
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Allow staff the time to report crimes.
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Allow ease of reporting by the public,
investigate promptly and institute swift justice where ever possible. |
Allow ease of reporting by the public,
investigate promptly and institute swift justice where ever possible. |
| 1.F.5 Effective policing |
Introduce yourself to the local police
station and ask if there are ways in which you could assist them to
do their job better. |
Host regular engagement between
police stations and the communities they serve so that needs can be
effectively communicated. |
Partner with police stations to encourage
the effective management of police stations. |
Provision of an effective service by
Metro Police. |
Provision of an effective service by
SAPS. |
| 1.F.6 Reduce corruption |
Report corruption in the criminal justice
system. |
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Create effective channels for reporting
corruption in the criminal justice system and act swiftly against corruption.
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Create effective channels for reporting
corruption in the criminal justice system and act swiftly against corruption.
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| 1.F.7 Incentivise good
policing |
Report good policing to senior police
officers and the media to boost morale. |
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Provide incentives for good policing
through correct channels to boost morale. |
Provide incentives for good policing
through correct channels to boost morale. |
| 1.F.8 Business approach
to policing |
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Develop partnerships with police stations
to encourage the business-like running of police stations. |
Promote partnerships between police
stations and businesses. |
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