/ 29 November 2000

POLICE CRIME INTELLIGENCE ‘WEAK’

THE SA policing system needed an overhaul to pull it into line with international standards, President Thabo Mbeki said this week. Mbeki said the police’s crime intelligence capacity was “very weak” in the face of rampant organised crime. While an improved intelligence capacity was required, increased visible policing on the streets and the willingness of every citizen to work with the police in fighting crime were equally needed, he said.