Vision

“The unsurpassed African Community Safety Service ensuring the community of Tshwane to develop and prosper in a safe and secure environment.”

Mission

“To provide an effective and efficient Community Safety Service of excellence in the execution of all mandated functions.”

Purpose

The Community Safety Department delivers on specific legislative mandates delegated to local government and therefore the department has to align it’s strategies, goals, objectives, key performance areas as well as specific key performance indicators to the CoT’s long term strategy, 5-year strategic plan, IDP as well as annual SDBIP and Budgets.

The Community Safety Department focuses all its efforts on making Tshwane a city where the community can prosper in a safe and healthy environment. The departmental compilation reflects a diversity of functions of a highly specialised nature and ensures that all operational as well as governing activities and interventions are executed in an integrated manner addressing the safety needs of the community holistically.

The Community Safety Department comprises of the following sub-divisions:

• Metro Police
• Pro-active Policing
• Strategic Policing Interventions
• Fire Brigade
• Fire and rescue
• Fire Safety
• Operational
• Training
• The Disaster Management
• The Licensing Unit
• Community Safety Operational Administration (Internal division)
• Standards Evaluation and Monitoring Unit (SEMU) (Internal division)

Contact Details:

Community Safety Department
Strategic Executive Director:  Major General  M D Manganye
Tel: 012 358 0156/0157
Fax: 012 358 0193