PURPOSE:
The VSCPP will mobilize communities to work together with the Department of Community Safety and Liaison to build a popular front against crime thereby creating a safer province for all.
FUNCTIONS:
- Obtain wide community engagement for social crime prevention;
- Communicate the outcomes of community engagement to law enforcement agencies;
- Create skills development opportunities (Expand Public Works Programme);
- Implement world class proven social crime reduction methodologies in KwaZulu-Natal;
- Replace fear with reassurance amongst communities;
- Promote KwaZulu-Natal as a safe place for communities, tourists and business and provide assurance of good security for the 2010 FIFA World Cup; and
- Provide concrete evidence that Kwa-Zulu Natal is effectively addressing safety and security.