21 September 2016

STATUS : FUNCTIONING OF RAPID RAIL POLICE

CONTENTS

• Introduction

• Functions of Rapid Rail Police

• Core Strategies of Rapid Rail Police

• Stakeholders and Partnerships

• Forums established

• Successes 2015/2016

• Challenges and Risks

• Way forward

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INTRODUCTION

• South African Railways and Harbour Police (SARP) – Established 1 July 1934

(Department of Transport).

• SARP Amalgamated SAP – 1 October 1986 (16 000 members).

• Officers/ members transferred to local police stations.

• On 11 June 2003 Cabinet approved the mandate, functions and resources of

the Division PSS, which included Railway Police.

• Railway policing was re-introduced and established during 2004.

• The restructuring process in the SAPS was approved on 8 December 2010,

and subsequently Railway Police (including National Mobile Train Unit) were

moved to the Division Visible Policing.

• Gautrain Unit established in 2012.

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FUNCTIONS OF RAPID RAIL POLICE

The mandate of the Rapid Rail Police Units is embedded within the mandate of

the South African Police Service which is derived from section 205 of the

Constitution of the Republic of South Africa, 1996.

The functions of the Rapid Rail Police Units include:

– rendering of a visible policing service within the rail environment to address

safety of commuters, passengers, freight and the rail transport system;

– conducting of preventative and reactive policing service within the rail

environment;

– providing of a rapid rail policing service within the rail environment; and

– performing of crime prevention and crime combating operations in the rail

environment.

Total strength of the operational Rapid Rail Police = Police Act members = 3232 4

CORE STRATEGIES

Optimal Police Visibility

Rapid Response Service

Police Accessibility

Focussed Detection and Deterrence

Problem Solving Policing Approach

RRP CORRIDOR

POLICING

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STAKEHOLDERS AND PARTNERSHIPS

SAPS/ Bombela – GAUTRAIN

SAPS/ Railway Safety Regulator

SAPS/ Transnet

SAPS/ PRASA

Commuter Forums

PRASA GAUTRAIN TRANSNET BLUE TRAIN

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FORUMS ESTABLISHED

Forums has been established with internal and external role players with

regard to the provision of required services at all levels to ensure a multi-

disciplinary approach.

– Strategic Level

• NRCCF: (National Rail Crime Combating Forum)

– Operational Level

• PRCCF: (Provincial Rail Crime Combating Forum)

– Tactical Level

• CCRCCF: (Company Corridor Rail Crime Combating Forum).

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FORUMS ESTABLISHED

• The following role-players form part of the forums:

– Rapid Rail Police, Transnet, PRASA, Bombela, Railway Safety Regulator,

Department of Transport, Divisions Operational Response Services,

Protection and Security Services, Crime Intelligence

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SUCCESSES 2015/2016

TYPE OF CRIME

Unit 1 (Gauteng / Limpopo /

North West)

Unit 2 (Western Cape / Eastern

Cape / Northern Cape)

Unit 3 (KZN / Mpumalanga

/ Free State) TOTAL

GAUTENG

NORTH

GAUTENG

SOUTH

WESTERN

CAPE

EASTERN

CAPE KZN

CONTACT

CRIME 151 115 140 95 86 587

CONTACT

RELATED 21 7 28 12 3 71

PROPERTY

RELATED 121 80 146 51 25 423

CRIME ARRESTS

AS A RESULT OF

POLICE ACTION

409 122 2319 182 1161 4193

OTHER SERIOUS

“A” CRIMES 189 104 942 30 51 1316

OTHER SERIOUS

“B” CRIMES 2207 753 211 592 578 4341

CONTRAVENTIO

N OF THE LEGAL

SUCCESSION

ACT

7233 9417 2013 1776 7134 27573

TOTAL OF

ARRESTS 10331 10598 5799 2738 9038 38504

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SUCCESSES 2015/2016

Units

Unit 1 (Gauteng / Limpopo /

North West)

Unit 2 (Western Cape / Eastern

Cape / Northern Cape)

Unit 3 (KZN /

Mpumalanga /

Free State) TOTAL

Gauteng North Gauteng South Western Cape Eastern Cape KZN

Q/V Q V Q V Q V Q V Q V Q V

Vehicles 84 R16,557,000.

00 26

R3,109,000.0

0 13

R928,140.0

0 5 R591,000.00 79

R6,545,000.0

0 207 R27,730,140.00

Firearms 40 R212,700.00 36 R157,280.00 7 R30,000.00 12 R57,748.00 129 R656,990.00 224 R1,114,718.00

Ammunition 387 R7,654.00 302 R14,054.50 327 R2,373.50 74 R417.00 1,346 R8,610.00 2,436 R33,109.00

Legend: Q = Quantity

V = Value 10

SUCCESSES 2015/2016

Legend: V = Value

Units

Unit 1 (Gauteng / Limpopo /

North West)

Unit 2 (Western Cape /

Eastern Cape / Northern

Cape)

Unit 3 (KZN /

Mpumalanga /

Free State) TOTAL

Gauteng

North

Gauteng

South

Western

Cape Eastern Cape KZN

V V V V V V V

Drugs R291,197.59 R513,269.50 R998,246.82 R1,023,404.24 R1,064,707.31 R3,890,825.46

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SUCCESSES 2015/2016

Legend: V = Value

Units

Unit 1 (Gauteng / Limpopo /

North West)

Unit 2 (Western Cape / Eastern

Cape / Northern Cape)

Unit 3 (KZN /

Mpumalanga /

Free State) TOTAL

Gauteng North Gauteng South Western Cape Eastern Cape KZN

V V V V V V V

Other Goods R4,501,608.60 R1,727,897.55 R467,116.55 R175,541.10 R1,132,045.87 R8,004,209.67

Liquor R14,090.10 R3,941.00 R5,896.00 R0.00 R1,327.00 R25,254.10

Other Weapons R2,983.00 R11,579.00 R27,755.00 R1,370.000 R49,520.00 R93,207.00

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SUCCESSES 2015/2016

Legend: V = Value

Units

Unit 1 (Gauteng / Limpopo /

North West)

Unit 2 (Western Cape / Eastern

Cape / Northern Cape)

Unit 3 (KZN /

Mpumalanga /

Free State) TOTAL

Gauteng North Gauteng

South Western Cape Eastern Cape KZN

V V V V V V V

Non Ferrous

Metal Goods R89,630.00 R104,000.00 R34,302.00 R112,700.00 R0.00 R 340632.00

Cables R6,653,902.45 R205,607.00 R270,400.00 R18,950.00 R18,950.00 R 7,148,859.45

TOTAL R28,330,765.74 R5,846,628.55 R2,764,229.87 R1,981,130.34 R9,530,400.18 R48,453,154.68

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ACTIONS EXECUTED 2015/2016

ACTIONS EXECUTED TOTAL

TRAINS PATROLLED 13101

PERSONS SEARCHED 128195

VEHICLE

SEARCHED

Busses 639

Taxis 746

Other Vehicles 2425

VEHICLE PATROLS 4667

RAIL STATIONS VISITED 26327

PLATFORM PATROLS 14578

TRANSNET YARDS VISITED 9790

PRASA YARDS VISITED 5394

BOMBELA YARD VISITED 73

COMPLAINTS RECEIVED 651

COMPLAINTS ATTENDED 651 14

OPERATIONS EXECUTED 2015/2016

NAME OF OPERATIONS

TOTAL OPERATION MEMBERS DEPLOYED

ANNUAL TOTAL ANNUAL TOTAL

DISRUPTIVE

OPERATIONS 41 577

LONG DISTANCE

DEPLOYMENT 330 688

CROSS BORDER 23 880

TOTAL ANNUAL OPERATIONS

EXECUTED 394 2145

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PASSENGER STATISTICS POLICED BY RAPID

RAIL POLICE

METRO RAIL COMMUTERS

YEAR TOTAL COMMUTERS

2013 537 963 965

2014 516 002 602

MAINLINE PASSENGERS SERVICES

YEAR TOTAL COMMUTERS

2013 930 881

2014 845 164

GAUTRAIN COMMUTERS

YEAR TOTAL COMMUTERS

2013 18 289 635

2014 19 398 554

TRANSNET FREIGHT RAIL

1 300 TRAINS PER DAY

220 MILLION TONS A YEAR

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CHALLENGES AND RISKS

CHALLENGES RISKS

Over crowding

• Pick Pocketing

• Cell phone theft

• Safety of passengers and commuters(open doors)

• Lack of adequate rolling stock

• Industrial actions use rail as transport medium

• Major Events use rail as transport medium (Sport, National Events, International

Events)

Open Rail

System

• Safety of commuters, staff, community and property.

• Level crossings

• Easy access to operating system

Train Delays

• Old rolling stock

• Low maintenance of rail system and rolling stock

• Lack of adequate rolling stock

• Over burden of rolling stock

• Outdated infrastructure (signalling system)

Cable Theft

• Economic impact, (Transnet currently 9 trains per day delay equates to R 1.9 million

losses per day)

• Derailments

External

Stakeholders

• Lack of internal control

• Lack of accountable persons participating with integrated approach functional level 17

WAY FORWARD

• Implementation of back to basics at all Rapid Rail Police Units.

• Benchmarking with other International Units within the rail

environment.

• Addressing of environmental designs that affect the implementation

of effective Rapid Rail Policing.

• Mitigation of challenges and risks by all relevant role-players.

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Thank you