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Fact Sheet 15: Democratic Policing: A Conceptual Framework
This fact sheet discusses democratic policing as meaning (1) the police’s abidance to the rule of law, (2) accountability of the police, and (3) procedural ...
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Fact Sheet 22: Arrest without a warrant in Zambia: Law reform to prevent arbitrary arrest
This fact sheet deals with arrest without a warrant in Zambia. It highlights the legal framework governing arrest without a warrant, the shortcomings in the ...
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Fact Sheet 14: Visible policing: Clarifying concepts and expectations
This fact sheet unpacks the idea of visible policing in South Africa. In so doing, it highlights that the concept should be engaged with critically. It ...
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Social Justice Coalition and 2 others v Minister of Police and 3 others + Women's Legal Centre Trust
The Equality Court in Cape Town declares unfair discrimination in the allocation of police resources in the Western Cape.
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Journal article: Modest beginnings, high hopes: The Western Cape Police Ombudsman
In 2013 the Western Cape legislature passed the Western Cape Community Safety Act (WCCSA) to improve monitoring of and oversight over the police. One creation ...
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Journal Article: Unconscionable and irrational: SAPS human resource allocation
The Khayelitsha Commission revealed that areas that are predominantly populated by people who are poor and black are systematically allocated only a small ...
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Lawyer at the Police Station Door: How REPLACE Provides Legal Aid in Nigeria
The central element of the project, the Police Duty Solicitors Scheme (PDSS), sought to reduce the excessive use of pretrial detention by providing free legal ...
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Submission on the Issue of Relative Resourcing of Police Areas
This is in response to the Commission of Inquiry into allegations of police inefficiency in Khayelitsha and a breakdown of relations between the community and ...
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Police Station Visitors' Week Report, Nigeria 2011
The fifth edition of Police Station Visitors' Week (PSVW) was conducted from 31st of October to 6th of November, 2011 in Nigeria. Eight hundred and fifty-four ...
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Submission by CSPRI to the Portfolio Committee on Police on the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Bill [B15 of 2010] and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill - B16 of 2010.PDF
The submission deals with two bills, being the Independent Police Investigative Directorate Bill and the Civilian Secretariat for Police Service Bill. The ...
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