Broadcast Type: News; North West University police practice lecturer Kobus Steenkamp says without proper intelligence, dealing with protests like those in Durban and Soweto is not an easy task for police.
problems north-west university police at practice lecturer kobus steenkamp says without proper intelligence dealing with protests like those seen in durban and soweto is not an easy task police for the steenkamp says protests that spring up unexpectedly makes it difficult for police to deploy proper resources on time i think the important within aspect these types of scenarios is intelligence is the part of it so if doesn't the police become one way or another aware a possible of gathering legal gathering forming or a crowd it's sometimes very difficult for them to to muster resources in order to deal with the situation i think this was typically the the situation in this case where enough there wasn't intelligence available to you know to anticipate the the rioting and looting criminality and and the that occurred during these demonstrations so that's the important part is sometimes very difficult for the police to to get together necessary resources all the because they don't necessary know the the the the the total context yet after demonstration or well it's it's a very situation difficult when when when they cannot anticipate behaviour crowd especially when it's a random crowd forming that occurred during these types of protests very difficult it's the only alternative is for them when they become aware a proper of that to do intergovernmental risk assessment with the assistance of of if necessary the military the force defence and if necessary the metro police agency agencies in this environment i mean they have a a national instruction that matters deals with these where they class the the crowd control situation in terms of is it a a two one or three and that that classification or that risk assessment prevents be certain resources to allocated to to deal with the situation