In Service of the People's Democracy:
An assessment of the South African Police Service

by

David Bruce with Gareth Newham & Themba Masuku

Research report written for the Centre for the Study of Violence and Reconciliation in association with the Open Society Foundation for South Africa, May 2007.

Full Report [ 1.39 MB]

Contents [ 1.49 MB]
   Tables
   Figures
   Full list of measures
   Acknowledgements
   Abbreviations

Executive summary [ 131 KB]

Chapter 1 – Introduction [ 94.8 KB]

Chapter 2 – The South African Police Service – an overview [ 190 KB]

Chapter 3 – Area 1: Protecting democratic political life [ 164 KB]

Chapter 4 – Area 2: Governance, accountability and transparency [ 306 KB]

Chapter 5 – Area 3: Service delivery for safety, security and justice [ 328 KB]

Chapter 6 – Area 4: Proper police conduct [ 317 KB]

Chapter 7 – Area 5: Police as citizens [ 225 KB]

Chapter 8 – Overall conclusions and final recommendations [ 141 KB]

References [ 140 KB]

Appendices [ 146 KB]

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