ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

AUTHORS

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

CHAPTER 1
ORIGINS OF MUNICIPAL POLICING

Apartheid's 'municipal police'
Traffic policing at municipal level
The Durban City Police: 1854 – 2000

CHAPTER 2
LEGISLATIVE AND POLICY DEVELOPMENTS

Foundations: the constitution and SAPS Act of 1995
Gauteng province takes the initiative: the 1996 Green Paper
National government provides enabling legislation
Municipal policing catches on: popular and political support

CHAPTER 3
STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONING OF A MUNICIPAL POLICE SERVICE

Outline of legislation governing municipal policing
The process of establishing a municipal police service
Framework of policing in South Africa and role of
municipal police
Law enforcement by the municipal police
Crime prevention by the municipal police

CHAPTER 4
MUNICIPAL POLICE SERVICES IN SOUTH AFRICA

Durban
Johannesburg
Pretoria
Cape Town
Other cities and towns

CHAPTER 5
KEY CHALLENGES FOR ESTABLISHING MUNICIPAL
POLICING

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