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South African Police Officers Memorial Page''' The South African Police Officers Memorial Page maintains listing of South African Police Officers and police K9 who have died in the line of duty.

History The South African Police Officers Memorial Page was established in 2000 by Gerhard Engelbrecht, a former South African Police inspector, who served at Riot Unit 6 in Dunnottar, Springs on the East Rand for 15 years. South African Police Officers Memorial Page include officers killed in the line of duty dating as far back as 1791.

The South African Police was the successor to the police forces of the Cape Colony, the Natal Colony, the Orange River Colony, and the Transvaal Colony in law enforcement in South Africa. Proclamation 18 formed the South African Police on 1 April 1913 with the amalgamation of the police forces of the four old colonies after the founding of the Union of South Africa in 1910. The first Commissioner of Police was Colonel Theo G Truter with 5,882 men under his command. The SAP originally policed cities and urban areas, while the South African Mounted Riflemen, a branch of the Union Defence Force, enforced the state's writ in rural areas. During World War I, the SAP took over the Riflemen's jurisdiction, and most Riflemen personnel were transferred to the SAP by the end of the 1910s. By 1926, the South African Mounted Riflemen were disbanded and their duties taken over by the South African Police. In 1939, the SAP took over the South West African Police and became responsible for policing South West Africa, which was under South African administration at that time. Police officials often called on the army for support in emergencies. In turn, one SAP brigade served with the 2nd Infantry Division of the South African Army in North Africa during World War II. After the war, the South African Police joined INTERPOL on 1 January 1948.

When the conservative National Party edged out liberal opponents in South Africa's elections in 1948, the new government enacted legislation strengthening the relationship between the police and the military. The police were heavily armed after that, especially when facing unruly or hostile crowds. The Police Act (No. 7) of 1958 broadened the mission of the SAP beyond conventional police functions, such as maintaining law and order and investigating and preventing crime, and gave the police extraordinary powers to quell unrest and to conduct counterinsurgency activities. The Police Amendment Act (No. 70) of 1965 empowered the police to search without warrant any person, receptacle, vehicle, aircraft, or premise within one mile of any national border and to seize anything found during such a search. This search-and-seize zone was extended to within eight miles of any border in 1979 and to the entire country in 1983. Among the SAP's spies during the apartheid era were the infamous Craig Williamson and his best-known female recruit Olivia Forsyth. The SAP relinquished its responsibility for South West Africa in 1981. It took over the South African Railways Police Force in 1986.

Criteria The South African Police Officers Memorial Page maintains a detailed list of criteria. The site lists South African Police Officers and Police Dogs who have died in the line of duty due to criminal violence, accident, injury, illness or natural causes as well as those who are killed off duty if they are targeted for their law enforcement affiliations or if they are acting at the time in an official capacity to protect the safety or property of others.The South African Police Officers Memorial Page does not list deaths that result from such factors as officer misconduct, the influence of voluntarily-imbibed alcohol or controlled substances, suicide, or officer negligence. It also excludes deaths caused by off-duty car accidents or private service to a security company or private military company.

Tribute Page A special way in which to honor our fallen officers is to leave an online tribute on the South African Police Officers Memorial Page. Narratives, poems, stories – any message you want to share in tribute to our fallen officers. Tributes can be posted for an individual officer or for South African Police fallen heroes in general. You are encouraged to browse through our tributes, to better appreciate the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers who have made the ultimate sacrifice for our safety and protection.

Current Tribute pages available Sgt David Kruger Reservist Constable Jaoquim F. Alves Inspector Bradley Meyer Sgt. Craig Van Zyl Constable David Byrne Police Officers in the Jeppestown massacre Helicopter crash victims Constable Johan Slabbert

List of South African Police Officers Memorials The Main South African Police Memorial is located in the grounds of the Union Buildings in Pretoria and commemorates officers of the South African Police Service who died in the line of duty. It was unveiled in 1984 by State President P.W. Botha. The memorial features plates inscribed with the names of the deceased, and it is located across from an amphitheater that hosts an annual memorial service to commemorate South African police officers killed in the line of duty.

The fallen South African Police Officers are honored and remembered in a number of ways. KOEVOET Memorial Wall, The Koevoet Memorial is situated at the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria. The Memorial was unveiled on 6 April 2013 by Lt Genl “Sterk Hans” JG Dreyer SOO, SOE. Founder and officer commanding Koevoet. SPCA Durban Dog Unit Memorial wall South African Police Special Task Force Memorial Wall Isipingo South African Police Station Memorial Wall PINETOWN SAP MEMORIAL WALL Bergendal Monument : Belfast Natal Police Memorial, Memorial to the members of the Natal Police and the Natal Mounted Police who died at Isandlwana. South African Mounted Police Camel Memorial, This memorial, also known as the Desert Patrol Statue, It commemorates the South African Mounted Police and their use of Camels and is situated in Upington. It was unveiled on 29 April 1988. CHARLESTOWN: CHARLESTOWN POLICE MEMORIAL, A tribute to the police members who died in action on 6 May 1927. They were shot and killed by the murderer SWART during an attempt to arrest him Greytown: impanza memorial tablet, A tribute to the members of the Natal Police killed in action at Impanza during the rebellion on 4 April 1906. Unveiled: 23 April 1907. JEPPE, JOHANNESBURG: GRANITE OBELISK AT JEPPE, Sergeants R. MANSFIELD and Neil McLEOD of Jeppe, who with Detective MYNOTT were murdered by the notorious FOSTER Gang on 13 September 1914. Mahlabatini, zululand: monument, A tribute to members of the Natal Police who fell at Mahlabatini during the Boer War on 28 April 1901. UMTATA TOWN HALL: COMMEMORATIVE TABLET (MARBLE), A tribute to the policemen who fell during the revolt in Johannesburg, March 1922. Captain BM Van Heerden, A tribute to Captain B. M. VAN HEERDEN who died in action when he was shot and killed by the murderer, Piet MATTHYSE on 30 December 1946. commemorative tablet in swakopmund, In memory of the crew of a police helicopter who died on 21 April 1966 when their aircraft crashed into the sea at Terrace Bay. Memorial South African Police Witwatersrand disturbances March 1922 Johannesburg Central Police station memorials Polisie Gedenknaald Vanderbijlpark Main Cemetary Police Memorial in the Vanderbijlpark Cementary Johannes Stegmann Theatre, Memorial Wall Mpumalanga, SECUNDA, Johannes Stegmann Theatre, Memorial Wall ... Plaques for the Police Force Actonville SAPS station Remembrance Wall

List of South African Police Officers killed in the line of duty The following South African Police Officers have all been killed in the line of duty. This list also includes Natal Mounted Police (NMP) that was formed in 1874, Cape Constabulary (1825); Cape Town Police Force (1840); Potchefstroom Police; Burgher Force; Herschel Police (1902), Orange River Police (1901), Transvaal River Police force (1908), South African Constabulary (SAC) (1900) The term "line of duty" means any action which an officer is obligated or authorized to carry out, or for which the officer is compensated by the public agency he or she serves. The term "killed in the line of duty" means a law enforcement officer has died as a direct and proximate result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty. This includes law enforcement officers who, while in an off-duty capacity, act in response to a law violation, or are driving to or from work.