Preparation for election on 7 May 2014

Copies of any and all records, or parts of records, regarding the preparations by the South African Police Service (SAPS) for South Africa’s upcoming elections from the date of declaration of the election on 7 February 2014 to the date of the election on 7 May 2014, (the election preparation period), including records regarding the following:

1. Methods of crowd control, issued or current during the election preparation period, including but not limited to:
1.1.  policies and procedures (including manuals, circulars, directions and guidance), and
1.2.  training materials (including registers of attendance, programmes and presentations).

2. Anticipation of violence escalation, including but not limited to:
2.1.  internal memoranda, reports or other analysis of expected voter numbers and locations,
2.2.  internal memoranda, reports or other analysis of any expected violence (including locations),
2.3.  budget/ financial records of the allocation of money for managing the election (including any expected violence), and
2.4.  staff rosters or other staffing records setting out the number of SAPS officers to be on duty (including those on overtime) on 7 May 2014.