This report, commissioned by the Gauteng legislature, seeks to add clarity and enrich debate as to role of the executive and legislative structures at provincial level with respect to oversight of the police. It sets a conceptual framework for understanding how police agencies are held accountable in democracies, and then reflects on the executive and legislative oversight structures in several other democratic countries. The report then turns its focus to the role of the provincial legislature in overseeing the police and secretariat in Gauteng, and ends with several recommendations to enhance the oversight role of the provincial legislature.
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