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The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), formerly the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), is a department of the South African government responsible for investigating complaints against the South African Police Service and municipal police services.
Section 206 of the Constitution of South Africa provides: [2] National legislation must provide a framework for the establishment, powers, functions and control of municipal police services. The procedure for establishing a municipal police service is laid down in the South African Police Service Amendment Act of 1998.
The Department of Police (formerly known as the Department of Safety and Security) is one of the departments of the South African government. It oversees the South African Police Service and the Independent Complaints Directorate. The current Minister of Police is Senzo Mchunu who replaced Bheki Cele in June 2024.
The Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 (Act No. 51 of 1977) is an act of the Parliament of South Africa that governs criminal procedure in South Africa's legal system.It details the procedure for the whole system of criminal law, including search and seizure, arrest, the filing of charges, bail, the plea, the testimony of witnesses and the law of evidence, the verdict and sentence, and appeal.
The South African Police Service traces its origin to the Dutch Watch, a paramilitary organisation formed by settlers in the Cape Province in 1655 to protect civilians and to maintain law and order. In 1795, British officials assumed control over the Dutch Watch, and in 1825 established the Cape Constabulary (which became the Cape Town Police ...
The South African Police Service (SAPS) is the current national police force of South Africa, formed after the end of Apartheid and during Transformation in the late 1990s. The SAPS came to replace the Apartheid national police force, the South African Police in 1994.
The Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (DPCI), commonly known as the Hawks, is the branch of the South African Police Service which investigates organised crime, economic crime, corruption, and other serious crime referred to it by the President or another division of the police. [1]
The Criminal Procedure Act, 1977 lists four methods of securing the attendance of an accused person in court. [4] These bear an important relationship to the constitutional rights of freedom and security of the person, [5] of freedom of movement and residence, [6] of access to the courts [7] and of "arrested, detained and accused persons."