Gauteng Department of Community Safety

The Gauteng Department of Community Safety is the department of the Gauteng Provincial Government mandated by the constitution of the Republic of South Africa to make Gauteng Province a place where people feel and are safe.

The mission of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety is to improve public safety in the province, specifically through:

Monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness and efficiency of policing agencies
Effective implementation and promotion of appropriate social crime prevention initiatives
Providing excellent traffic management services
Coordination of efforts and programmes in the criminal justice system
Educating and empowering citizens on issues of public safety and coordinating community safety initiatives
Improving and strengthening relations between the police and communities
Determining community policing needs and priorities in keeping with the provisions of the Constitution

The strategic goals of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety are to:

Ensure excellent practices in order to deliver effectively on its mandate
Improve service delivery through effective and efficient planning, monitoring and evaluation of organisational performance
Provide good quality research and information
Ensure continuous improvement in the quality of policing
Strengthen community policing structures to improve relationships between communities and police
Build and strengthen social movements against crime
Mainstream and coordinate social crime prevention in all spheres of government
Prevent violence against vulnerable groups
Inform people about the work of the Department
Create a safe and secure road environment

Office Bearers/Management

The contact details of the Gauteng Department of Community Safety are listed in the table below.

Physical Address:	64 Pritchard Street, Game Building, Johannesburg, 2001
Postal Address:	P.O. Box 62440, Marshalltown, 2170
Telephone:	011 689 3600/50
Website:	www.gauteng.gov.za/Departments/DepartmentDetails/CPM-001001