Download or read book Job Satisfaction and Morale Within the South African Police Service Public Order Policing Unit in the Tshwane Metropolitan Area written by Nneke Jim Ledwaba and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the greatest challenges facing the South African Police Service (SAPS) as well as other law enforcement agencies elsewhere is how to maintain the enthusiasm officers shared before graduating from the academy whilst on the job. Critical areas of police service policy and procedure is not only affecting officer's morale, but also having a severely detrimental effect on the public's confidence in the police as a whole. Officers within the SAPS Public Order Policing Unit in Tshwane Metropolitan area exhibit low morale, a loss of interest in their work, and are not fully engaged in the workplace or their duties. The general appearance of members and job dissatisfaction are also common signs in a workplace where members have low morale. Employees assigned or deployed within the Unit often fail to participate or pull their weight in the spirit of collaboration with their colleagues. Discipline issues, such as insubordination and poor attendance, are also signs of low morale. The fundamental purpose of this study is to determine the main causes of low morale within the SAPS Public Order Policing Unit in Tshwane Metropolitan area.
Download or read book SAPS Costly Restructuring written by Bilkis Omar and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Employment Relationship Satisfaction of Constables in South African Police Services in Tshwane Region written by Nkosinathi Louis Theledi and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The South African Police Service (SAPS) will not be able to function if Constables fail to perform their duties efficiently and effectively. Constables are the face and hands of the SAPS at societal level, but face severe challenges and obstacles in their jobs. It is therefore critically important that they are satisfied in their employment relationships with their immediate supervisors. The researcher believes that many forms of undesirable organisational behaviour among Constables in the SAPS could be related to low levels of satisfaction in their employment relationships with their immediate supervisors. The primary purpose of this study is to investigate the employment relationship satisfaction of a group of Constables in the SAPS: Tshwane region. The investigation will focus on levels of employment relationship satisfaction and the significance of differences in employment relationship satisfaction levels of constables with different biographical characteristics (e.g. race, age, gender, language, marital status, length of service, qualifications)
Download or read book Policing and Boundaries in a Violent Society written by Guy Lamb and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-01-31 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores how social and territorial boundaries have influenced the approaches and practices of the South Africa Police Service (SAPS). By means of a historical analysis of South Africa, this book introduces a new concept, ‘police frontierism’, which illuminates the nature of the relationships between the police, policing and boundaries, and can potentially be used for future case study research. Drawing on a wealth of research, this book examines how social and territorial boundaries strongly influenced police practices and behaviour in South Africa, and how social delineations amplify and distort existing police prejudices against those communities on the other side of the boundary. Focusing on cases of high-density police operations, public-order policing and the recent policing of the COVID-19 lockdown, this book argues that poor economic conditions combined with an increased militarisation of the SAPS and a decline in public trust in the police will result in boundaries continuing to fundamentally inform police work in South Africa. This book will be of interest to scholars and students interested in policing in post-colonial societies characterised by high levels of violence, as well as police work and police militarization.
Download or read book The Relationship Between Employee Retention Job Satisfaction and Organisational Commitment of Detectives in the South African Police Service in the City of Tshwane written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this research is to determine whether the are significant relationships between employee retention, job satisfaction and organisational commitment of detectives in the South African Police Service (SAPS) in the city of Tshwane. It also looks at the lack of capacity within the detective units of the South African Police Service.
Download or read book Police Work and Identity written by Andrew Faull and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-07 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a book about the men and women who police contemporary South Africa. Drawing on rich, original ethnographical data, it considers how officers make sense of their jobs and how they find meaning in their duties. It demonstrates that the dynamics that lead to police abuses and scandals in transitional and neo-liberalising regimes such as South Africa can be traced to the day-to-day experiences and ambitions of the average police officer. It is about the stories they tell themselves about themselves and their social worlds, and how these shape the order they produce through their work. By focusing on police officers, this book positions the individual in primacy over the organisation, asking what policing looks like when motivated by the pursuit of ontological security in precarious contexts. It acknowledges but downplays the importance of police culture in determining officers’ attitudes and behaviour, and reminds readers that most officers’ lives are entangled in, and shaped by a range of social, political and cultural forces. It suggests that a job in the South African Police Service (SAPS) is primarily just that: a job. Most officers join the organisation after other dreams have slipped beyond reach, their presence in the Service being almost accidental. But once employed, they re-write their self-narratives and enact carefully choreographed performances to ease managerial and public pressure, and to rationalize their coercive practices. In an era where ‘evidence’ and ‘what works’ reigns supreme, and where ‘cop culture’ is often deemed a primary socializing force, this book emphasises how officers’ personal histories, ambitions, and vulnerabilities remain central to how policing unfolds on the street.
Download or read book Police Management in South Africa written by William Fox and published by Juta and Company Ltd. This book was released on 1998 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written specifically for middle-level South African Police (SAPS) managers, this guide explores: the creation of a learning environment within the SAPS; the development of general and resource management skills and practices; and the promotion of community policing and its role in the SAPS.
Download or read book The Influence of Procedural Distributive and Interactional Justice on Job Satisfaction Among Members of the South African Police Academy Thabong written by and published by . This book was released on 2018 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this study was to examine the influence of procedural, distributive and interactional justice on job satisfaction among members of the South African Police Academy, Thabong. A critical function of the South African Police Service (SAPS) is to ensure that the inhabitants of South Africa are safe. Members of the SAPS need to be committed and have a high morale to ensure that the vision of the SAPS is fulfilled. This study advocates the application of the equity theory. People prefer to work in an environment that is perceived as just. Employees will experience satisfaction with their job in terms of equity when the equity theory is applied. However, inequity will lead to tension at the workplace. In order for the officers as employees of the SAPS to function effectively, it is essential for the SAPS to ensure that their employees are satisfied.
Download or read book Transforming the Robocops written by Monique Marks and published by University of Kwazulu Natal Press. This book was released on 2005 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The structure, uniform, equipment, and training of the South African Police Service have changed since apartheid, says Marks (sociology, U. of KwaZulu-Natal); the force proclaims a community-oriented service ethic, hires more women and black personnel in high positions, and is rarely rather than often excessively violent during demonstrations and protests. Still, she asks how much the police have changed, and whether it is really to change them, or indeed to change the police anywhere.
Download or read book Assessing the South Africa Police Service in Crowd Management written by and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The aim of this research was to assess the South African Police Service (SAPS) in crowd management. The study was conducted among members of the Public Order Policing (POP) unit of the SAPS in Rosslyn, Pretoria. The research followed a qualitative research approach and used a purposive sampling technique to collect data from POP members during focus group interviews. The findings indicated that the role of POP units is to maintain law and order, disperse crowds, monitor crowds, and protect human rights. It is recommended that the SAPS should develop a South African model for crowd management. The police should replace the new-generation nyala’s (police vehicles used for crowd management) with more user-friendly vehicles.
Download or read book Sector Policing written by Bill Dixon and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This monograph examines the new sector policing policy for South Africa and reflects on the experience of sector policing in London.
Download or read book Peace Human Security and Conflict Prevention in Africa written by Janine Rauch and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book City Blues written by Andrew Faull and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book An Analysis of Job Satisfaction in the Organised Crime Units of the South African Police Service written by Renate Bellingan-Timmer and published by . This book was released on 2003 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book After the Commandos written by Jonny Steinberg and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 84 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The SANDF's Territorial Reserve, popularly known as the Commandos, is currently being phased out. Its role in rural crime fighting is to be taken over the SAPS [South African police]. Using three case studies ... this monograph assesses the rural crime-fighting capacity that will be lost with the closure of the Commandos, and discusses the manner in which the SAPS will replace that capacity."--P. [4] of cover.
Download or read book Policing the Conflict in South Africa written by Mary L. Mathews and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Vividly articulates the crucial importance of the police in symbolizing, implementing, and assuring democracy . . . should counter the complacency of political leaders and police administrators in societies which, while not formally segregated, contain minority groups who are appreciably deprived in political, economic, and social terms."--Jerome E. McElroy, executive director, New York City Criminal Justice Agency Contents Introduction: An Outline of South African Reform since February 1990, by David Welsh Part I. Policing in South Africa: The Past and Present Our Policing Heritage: The Major Problems, by Pierre Olivier The Principles and Problems of Policing in a Changing South Africa, by M. van Eyk Popular Perceptions of Policing among Blacks in South Africa Today, by Penuell Maduna Perspectives on Policing, by Gavin Woods Part II. The Reform of Policing in South Africa: Principles, Policies, and Comparisons The Structure, Membership, and Control of the Police in a New South Africa, by Philip B. Heymann New Police for a New South Africa: The Lessons from the United States, by Hubert Williams The Role of the Police in a Democratic South Africa, by Lee P. Brown The Development of the Exclusionary Rule in the United States and Its Impact on Police Deviance and Accountability, by Fletcher N. Baldwin, Jr. Police Deviance and Accountability, by Clifford D. Shearing The Police in a New South Africa: Accountability and Control, by Nicholas Haysom From a Police Force to a Police Service: The New Namibian Police, by Laurie Nathan Some Questions on the Policing of Mass Demonstrations and Riot Control, by Richard Goldstone Public Order Policing in Britain, by P. A. J. Waddington The Policing of Mass Demonstrations and Riot Control in Great Britain, by Avrom Sherr The History and Development of Policing in Northern Ireland, by John D. Brewer Re-educating the South African Police: Comparative Lessons, by John D. Brewer The first comprehensive analysis of policing in South Africa brings together the sharply conflicting views of representatives of the major parties involved: the African National Congress, the Pan Africanist Congress, the Inkatha Freedom Party, and the South African Police. They are joined by internationally recognized experts on policing to examine this contentious, if not explosive, issue in South African politics. The result demonstrates the sociological truth that public order is the product of a society's historical, cultural, social, and political structures and processes, rather than of the power or strategies of its police. M. L. Mathews is advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa in Pietermaritzburg. Philip B. Heymann is James Barr Ames Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and director of its Center for Criminal Justice. A. S. Mathews is James Scott Wylie Professor of Law at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg and director of the Centre for Criminal Justice, Pietermaritzburg.
Download or read book Policing South Africa written by Gavin Cawthra and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
