Sector policing is an approach to policing whereby the service area of a police station is divided into smaller, manageable areas known as sectors. For each sector, the SAPS appoints a police official who is known as the Sector Manager.
The community and its Sector Manager are active partners in ensuring local safety and security.
The Sector Manager involves all role-players in
· identifying the policing needs in the sector; and
· dealing with the root causes of crime and factors that contribute to crime.
The goal is to bring about effective crime prevention by launching intelligence-driven crime-prevention projects in partnership with the local community.
Advantages of Sector Policing
Sector Policing
· is a practical form of community policing as it involves policing smaller, more manageable areas;
· ensures more effective crime prevention, because attention is given to the causes of crime and the factors and circumstances that allow crime to take place in a sector;
· contributes to community involvement, which leads to sound partnerships between the police and the community;
· encourages and enables communities to take greater responsibility for their own safety and security;
· improves the relationship between the police and the community, which increases the community's trust in, respect for and understanding of the police, reduces the fear of crime and improves service delivery by the police; and
· is policing at its most basic.
The Garsfontein policing area is divided into 4 main Sectors, in line with the principles of Sector Policing, as drawn up by the Directorate: Partnership Policing of the SAPS.
Every sector is subdivided into smaller areas, known as CAS blocks. The ideal would be to have active community involvement in every CAS block and establishing a Sector Crime Forum, giving residents the opportunity to communicate their safety concerns directly to the Police.
On this site we have maps showing our different sectors, plus news of community happenings in the different areas. If you don't see your community represented, please contact the Webmaster to get your information added to this site.
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