Tag: riot control
ISS: Ntumba verdict continues South Africa’s police impunity trend
Tuesday’s acquittal of the four South African Police Service (SAPS) members charged with killing Mthokozisi Ntumba was met with widespread shock. Ntumba, 35, died...
Zambian police take delivery of dozens of new vehicles
The Zambian Police Service has taken delivery of 50 new vehicles which government says will help improve force capacity to maintain law and order.
The...
SAPS needs a bigger public order protection unit
The South African Police Service (SAPS) has only half the number of members required for its public order policing unit.
Last week parliament...
TFM and DefensePak delivering locally built riot control vehicle
TFM and DefensePak are delivering their new WP1800 riot control vehicle to the Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD), and have also sold...
Minister of police affirms importance of public order policing policy
Minister of Police Nathi Mthethwa outlined the importance of the police ministry's new policy on public order policing at defenceWeb's public order...
Public order policing is just one link in the chain of...
Public order policing units form just one link in the chain that secures safety and security and are only the last resort...
Balancing the right to safety and security and the right to...
The single constant of public order policing is balancing the rights of people to stage protests with the right to public order...
Crowd control is one of the SAPS’s most important functions –...
With the increasing number of service delivery protests and the increasingly violent nature of protests in South Africa, policing crowds has become...
Israel vows “tolerance” for Palestinian protests
A senior officer said that Israeli soldiers would show "much more tolerance" towards Palestinian demonstrations than in the past thanks to riot-control...
