South African Police Service

E188601

law enforcement agency national police force

The South African Police Service is the national law enforcement agency responsible for maintaining public order, preventing and investigating crime, and enforcing the law throughout South Africa.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
South African Police Service canonical	10
South African Police	8
South African Security Police	1
South African police	1
South African security forces	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	law enforcement agency ⓘ national police force ⓘ
abbreviation	SAPS ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	South African Police Service ⓘ surface form: South African Police
collaboratesWith	National Prosecuting Authority ⓘ Armed Forces of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African National Defence Force municipal police services in South Africa ⓘ
country	South Africa ⓘ
employerType	public sector ⓘ
formedBy	Government of South Africa ⓘ surface form: South African government
hasMotto	Service Excellence in Policing ⓘ We protect and serve ⓘ
hasSubdivision	Criminal Intelligence Section ⓘ surface form: Crime Intelligence Detective Service ⓘ Protection and Security Services ⓘ Support Services ⓘ Visible Policing ⓘ
hasUnit	Family Violence, Child Protection and Sexual Offences Unit ⓘ Hawks ⓘ National Intervention Unit ⓘ Public Order Policing ⓘ Special Task Force ⓘ Tactical Response Team ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Pretoria, South Africa ⓘ surface form: Pretoria
jurisdiction	South Africa ⓘ surface form: Republic of South Africa
legalFoundation	Constitution of South Africa ⓘ South African Police Service Act, 1995 ⓘ
legalStatus	government department ⓘ
overseenBy	Civilian Secretariat for Police Service ⓘ Minister of Police ⓘ
parentOrganization	Government of South Africa ⓘ
policeType	civilian national police ⓘ
primaryRole	crime investigation ⓘ crime prevention ⓘ law enforcement ⓘ maintaining public order ⓘ protecting and securing the inhabitants of South Africa ⓘ upholding and enforcing the law ⓘ
replaced	South African Police Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: South African Police police forces of former homelands ⓘ
reportsTo	Minister of Police ⓘ
responsibleFor	border policing ⓘ counter‑terrorism operations ⓘ crowd management at public events ⓘ firearms licensing enforcement ⓘ organized crime investigation ⓘ traffic law enforcement on national roads (in some contexts) ⓘ
scopeOfOperations	national ⓘ
usesLanguage	Afrikaans ⓘ English ⓘ other official languages of South Africa ⓘ

Referenced by (21)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of South Africa → includesBody → South African Police Service ⓘ

Nelson Mandela memorial service 2013 → securityProvidedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

Parliament House, Cape Town → securityProvidedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

Soweto Uprising → participant → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

Soweto Uprising → opposedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African security forces

Pass Laws Act → enforcedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African police

Immorality Act → enforcedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

apartheid government of South Africa → usedSecurityForce → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

South African Police Service → alsoKnownAs → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

South African Police Service → replaced → South African Police Service self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

Minister of Justice of South Africa → worksWith → South African Police Service ⓘ

Total Strategy security doctrine → implementedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

Orders, decorations, and medals of South Africa → usedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

Lilliesleaf Farm → raidedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

Department of Correctional Services (South Africa) → collaboratesWith → South African Police Service ⓘ

Randburg Police Station → operatedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

Randburg Police Station → jurisdiction → South African Police Service ⓘ

Steve Biko → detainedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Security Police

Northern Cape Department of Transport, Safety and Liaison → worksWith → South African Police Service ⓘ

Natal Mounted Police → replacedBy → South African Police Service ⓘ

this entity surface form: South African Police

Hanover Park → hasPolicingJurisdiction → South African Police Service ⓘ