Visitor Safety Program

Briefing to MEC Albert FritzFebruary 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, Lion’s 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

CID’s

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 Expenses R3,2 m

- Operating Costs R1,0 m

- Maintenance R0,5 m

TOTAL OPERATING R4,7 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 !