Visitor Safety Program Briefing to MEC Albert Fritz February 2011

Proximity to City Mostly open access 24 hour risk Tourist destination 3.7 million visits Tourist gadgets A Park within a City

Table Mountain (north)= 36 rangers Silvermine (central)= 24 rangers Cape of Good Hope (south)= 46 rangers Marine Protected Area= 16 rangers EPWP / DEAT projects= 150 pax Honorary Rangers TOTAL= 272 pax Resources 1: Physical Presence

3 of 4x4 bakkies 1 of Quantum Bus for deployment 1 of Dog Trailer 1 of Road block trailer 2 of Quad bikes 1 of Off road bike Resources 2: Vehicles

3 x CCTV cameras linked to City SSU 1 x mobile surveillance camera unit Digital 2 way radios – City Call Center Night scopes, telescopes, cameras Personal protective equipment Pepper ball guns Resources 3: Equipment

5 Dogs fully trained to DH4 Dog Handlers trained to DH4 Kennel Unit at Kloofnek Deployment trailer Current extension to kennels HIGHLY EFFECTIVE Resources 4: Dog Unit

Kloofnek office / dispatch / coordination Kloofnek Visitor Center – engage with Visitors re Safety Information Signal Hill, Lions Head, Platteklip, Deer Park, Newlands, Noordhoek Beach Resources 5: Ops Centers

SAPS is our major partner TMNP overlaps with 13 SAPS precincts Attend regular meetings and share info Close coms with SAPS sector policing Neighbourhood Watches CIDs Tourism Agencies – Safety Info to Tourists Partnerships

Visible Uniformed Policing Observation points / Stake-outs Routinely clear bunkers, caves, hide-outs Remove suspects for finger-print tests CCTV cameras and response Parallel investigations to SAPS Adaptive strategy – trends/displacement Operations: Combating Crime

Cost of Visitor Safety Program - HR ExpensesR3,2 m - Operating CostsR1,0 m - MaintenanceR0,5 m TOTAL OPERATINGR4,7 m

New partnerships – Waterfront Rotarians are sponsoring Kennel expansion Tourism Partnerships renewed – to communicate safety information Perception Management – balanced coms of risks, successes and interventions Manned Visitor Information Centers WHERE TO?

Thank you !