Chapter 11: Security Services
Political responsibility
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A member of the Cabinet must be responsible for policing and must determine
national policing policy after consulting the provincial governments and taking
into account the policing needs and priorities of the provinces as determined by the
provincial executives.
The national policing policy may make provision for different policies in respect of
different provinces after taking into account the policing needs and priorities of
these provinces.
Each province is entitled—
(a) to monitor police conduct;
(b) to oversee the effectiveness and efficiency of the police service, including
receiving reports on the police service;
(c) to promote good relations between the police and the community;
(d) to assess the effectiveness of visible policing; and
(e) to liaise with the Cabinet member responsible for policing with respect to
crime and policing in the province.
A provincial executive is responsible for policing functions—
(a) vested in it by this Chapter;
(b) assigned to it in terms of national legislation; and
(c) allocated to it in the national policing policy.
In order to perform the functions set out in subsection (3), a province—
(a) may investigate, or appoint a commission of inquiry into, any complaints of
police inefficiency or a breakdown in relations between the police and any
community; and
(b) � must make recommendations to the Cabinet member responsible for policing.
On receipt of a complaint lodged by a provincial executive, an independent police
complaints body established by national legislation must investigate any alleged
misconduct of, or offence committed by, a member of the police service in the
province.
National legislation must provide a framework for the establishment, powers,
functions and control of municipal police services.
A committee composed of the Cabinet member and the members of the Executive
Councils responsible for policing must be established to ensure effective co-
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