ANPR - An excellent law enforcement tool

There is a good chance that your vehicle's number plate had been read by at least one Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) camera while you were driving to work this morning. ANPR is a great law enforcement tool used by the police and traffic departments as vehicles are involved in the majority of crimes. Eventually, with the increased use of ANPR, criminals will find it much more difficult to outrun the long arm of the law.<...
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When Yusuf Abramjee mentioned during a media conference at the end of June 2010 that the June 2010 Crime Line Pick ‘n Pay Star of the Stars was to be awarded to the SAPS - as an organisation - I was excited. In short, he said, the award was to be made for the police members' work during the 2010 FIFA World Cup. But he promised that this award would be handed over during an appropriate function ... once everything was back to normal.

Article and photos by Annalis...
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MOTO FOR PEACE: AFRICA 16 000 KM

“Africa 16 000 km” was a mission  undertaken by 17 police members
from Europe. On an icy cold winter's morning, SERVAMUS caught up with this team at their Pretoria base next to the Roodeplaat Dam. After a cup of the most amazing Italian coffee I've ever tasted, I was ready to learn more about this tour.

Article and photo by Kotie Geldenhuys

Stefano Bucci, an Italian policeman, explained tha...
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The Department of Community Safety earnestly embarked on a campaign to reduce road fatalities in the Western Cape during 2010. With its no-nonsense approach, the Safely Home Campaign aims to reduce road deaths in the Western Cape by half by 2014. Integrated Safely Home checkpoints are held weekly  on various routes and the statistics have proven their success during the first semester of the year.

Article and photos by Marie Meyer
Selected photos provided by Jo...
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