Crime Intelligence (SAPS)
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The Crime Intelligence Division of the South African Police Service
is an intelligence agency
that tracks criminal elements within the Republic of South Africa. It is run by a Divisional Commissioner (currently Raymond Lalla), who is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee
(NICOC), to which he reports.
The main functions of the CI division are:
South African Police Service
The South African Police Service is the national police force of the Republic of South Africa. Its 1116 police stations in South Africa are divided according to the provincial borders, and a Provincial Commissioner is appointed in each province...
is an intelligence agency
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
that tracks criminal elements within the Republic of South Africa. It is run by a Divisional Commissioner (currently Raymond Lalla), who is also a member of the National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee
National Intelligence Co-Ordinating Committee
The National Intelligence Co-ordinating Committee is the organisation responsible for co-ordinating the actions and activities of all of South African intelligence agencies, and collating the intelligence information received from them...
(NICOC), to which he reports.
The main functions of the CI division are:
- Operational Support.
- Crime Information Analysis Centre.
- Crime Information Management Centre.
- Counter Intelligence.
- Covert Intelligence.
- Crime Intelligence Collection.