SAPS Dogs & Mounted Services
Presentation to the Select Committee for Security & Constitutional Affairs
June 2003
Overview of Presentation
- Vision, Mission and Values
- Organisational Structure
- Training & Provisioning
- Monitoring & Evaluation
= Inspectorate
= Moderation
= Special Duties
= Research & Development
- Veterinary Services
- Mounted Services
- Service Delivery 2002
= Dog Services
- Future of Dog & Mounted Services in a democratic South Africa
Vision "Leadership & Excellence through Training & Service"
Mission
- Provide an effective and efficient aid in the prevention, combating and investigation of crime.
- Provide specialised policing services, police training, police dogs and horses on a national and
international level, through professional service and dedicated Research & Development.
- Play a leading role in:
= setting and maintaining standards for Human Resource Development;
= dog and mounted training;
= the maintenance and operational utilisation of police dogs and horses and
= the welfare of working dogs and horses globally.
Values - complement the values of the SAPS as a whole;
- provide energised leadership;
- maintain long-term strategic perspective;
- promote teamwork and collaboration;
- use our resources wisely;
- recognise the achievements of our personnel; :
- set an example with high staff productivity;
- enhance a culture of performance;
- encourage life long learning among our personnel and cultivate a learning organisation;
- never compromise on the quality of service delivery;
- focus on customer service and be sensitive to customer needs:
- manage and integrate diversity into our organisation.
Organisational Structure. (National)
Divisional Commissioner Crime Prevention => Component Head: Police Emergency Services => Section Head: Dogs & Mounted Services
- Training & Provisioning
- Monitoring & Evaluation
= Special Duties
= Research & Development
- Mounted Services
- Veterinary Services
Training & Provisioning Subsection Head: Sen Supt HS Mahlekisi
Three venues:
- Pretoria West
- Roodeplaat
- Appingendam (near Makopane)
Provisioning of dogs Supt (Dr) Slabbert
ROODEPLAAT
- Breeding of police dogs
- Socialising of police dogs for specific functions
Patrol & Scent Dog Training Supt E Manyaka
PRETORIA WEST
- Search & Rescue dog training
- Tracker dog training
- Patrol dog training
Sniffer & Specialised Dog Training Supt H Taljaardt
ROODEPLAAT
- Narcotics dog training
- Specialised dog training
- Explosives dog training
Tactical and Visual Tracking Capt M Bontsi
APPINGENDAM
- Tactical Policing
- Visual Tracking Tactical Dog Handling
- Tactical Dog Handling
Purpose of Training
- Tracker dogs
= Scent identification
= Follow tracks of suspects
- Search & Rescue dogs
= Search for lost persons. find bodies or parts of bodies in disaster areas or crime scenes, locate drowned persons
- Patrol dogs
= Search for & Apprehend suspects
= Search for exhibits
- Explosives dogs
= Detect military & commercial explosives bombs, firearms and ammunition
- Specialised dogs
= Sheepdogs: counting of sheep (stock theft cases)
= Gold Concentrate dogs: detect stolen gold concentrate
= Fire Investigation dogs: detect accelerant in arson cases
= Protected Species dogs: detect abelone, crayfish, rhino horn and ivory
- Tactical Policing
= Tactical training of police officials (National)
- Visual Tracking
= Following of tracks of suspects, lost persons, stock (National, Stock Theft Units, special Task Force, Crime Combating Units)
- Tactical Dog Handler
= Tactical training for handlers and dogs (National & Municipal Police)
Monitoring & Evaluation Subsection Head: Sen Supt Cs Potgieter
Head Office
- Inspectorate
- Moderation
- Special Duties
- Research & Development
Veterinary Services Subsection Head: Sen Supt (Dr) H Strydom
ANIMAL HOSPITAL ROODEPLAAT
- Optimize welfare of Service animals
Responsibility:
= 109 Dog Units plus three training venues
= 555 service Dogs
= 12 Mounted Units (Visible Policing)
= 16 Stock Theft Units
= 333 Service Horses
Mounted Services Subsection Head: Sen Supt SV Kriel
- Breeding & Training of Service Horses
- Training of Riders
- Prevention Combating and Investigation of crime
Service Delivery: Dog Services: 2002
- Dogs bred: 179
- Dogs & Handlers trained: 378
- Other SAPS members trained: 475
- Skills development: 289
- Arrests: 98 973
- Stolen property recovered: R628,5 mil.
- Narcotics seized: R99.5 ml
- Stolen vehicles recovered: 3 787
- Firearms recovered: 348
- Ammunition recovered: 5317
- Explosives & devices recovered: 687
- Persons rescued with S&R dogs: 21
- Bodies I parts found with S&R dogs: 260
- Stolen sheep recovered: 387
- Abelone & crayfish: R3,2 mil.
- Fire Investigations: 353 cases
- Handlers died in the line of duty: 2003: 2 Murdered, 1 Drowned .at Katse dam
- Handlers seriously injured in the line of duty: 2002:5
- Dogs killed in the line of duty. 2002: 8
- Dogs seriously injured in the line of duty: 2002: 8
Future of Dogs & Mounted Services in a democratic South Africa
The tide has turned... SAPS Dogs and Mounted Services are committed to build a people's contract for a safe and secure
South Africa!