South African Police Service

The South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1,165 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial... Wikipedia

• Formed:  1995
• Preceding agencies:  South African Police, Homeland police agencies
• Employees:  187,681 (March 2025)
• Annual budget:  R113.6 billion
• Legal personality:  Governmental
• National agency, (Operations jurisdiction):  South Africa
• Size:  1,219,090 km² (470,693.28 sq mi)
• Population:  62,091,133 (2022 census)
• Legal jurisdiction:  As per operations jurisdiction.
• Governing body:  Government of South Africa
• Constituting instruments:  Constitution of the Republic of South Africa 1996, Chapter 11, Section 205, South African Police Service Act 68 of 1995
• General nature:  Law enforcement, Local civilian police
• s:  155,231 (March 2025)
• s:  32,413 (March 2025)
• Minister responsible:  Firoz Cachalia, Minister of Police
• Agency executive:  General Sehlahle Fannie Masemola, National Police Commissioner
• s:  1,165 (March 2025)
• s:  43,699 (March 2025)
• s:  904 (March 2025)
• s:  136 (March 2025)
• s:  26 (March 2025)
• s:  12 (March 2025)
• s:  679 (January 2025)
• s:  181 (March 2025)
• Data source:  DuckDuckGo