Organisation and Composition
The SAPS currently consist of a large reserve division named the South African Reserve Police Service. These members help part-time to combat crime in South Africa.
Three police unions were active in bargaining on behalf of police personnel and in protecting the interests of the work force, as of 1996. These are the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union, which has about 150 000 members; the South African Police Union (SAPU), which has about 35,000 members; and the Public Service Association (PSA), which has about 4,000 members.
The commissioned officers in the force are 57% black, 28% white, 10% coloured, 5% Indian; 70% male, 30% female. Non-commissioned officers are 78% black, 10% coloured, 10% white, 2% Indian; 78% male, 22% female.
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