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POL3702 Assignment 1 Semester 2 Memo | Due 28 August 2025. All questions fully answered. POL3702 Ass1 Sem2 2025 – 28 Aug 2025
Sergeant Ngobese is a communications officer at the Sunnyside police station in
Gauteng.
On Friday, 5 July 2023, five incidents of house robbery were reported to the police.
Items
such as laptops, televisions and expensive jewellery were taken. In one of the
incidents, the
neighbours mentioned that they had heard gunshots being fired, followed by sirens
from the
police vehicles. When the police arrived at the scene, they discovered two bodies,
one of
which is suspected to be the body of the suspect. The other body was that of the
owner of
the house that was robbed. He was a well-known politician and, as such, Sergeant
Ngobese
was summoned to the scene so that she would be able to report on the incident to
the media.
Sergeant Ngobese informed the media that two males between the ages of 40 and
50 had
been found dead at the scene and she mentioned the names of the deceased.
Additionally,
Sergeant Ngobese confirmed the personal particulars of the fatally wounded suspect
and that
he was from Mamelodi Extension 5.
Based on the scenario above:
1.1 Write the reasons why the media statement made by Sgt Ngobese should be
based
on the principle of equality and impartiality. (10)
1.2 In a table format, write the types of information that Sgt Ngobese may or may not
make known to the media and the information that officials may or may not give when
issuing statements about foreign countries and other state departments (20)
Question 2
2.1 Discuss the six levels of monitoring established within the SAPS to ensure that
evaluations are properly structured, and that monitoring is conducted continuously by
relevant functionaries. Your discussion should include the functions of the
Inspectorate. Include practical examples where possible. (20)
Total [50]
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