{"id":79487,"date":"2015-01-27T12:10:05","date_gmt":"2015-01-27T10:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/79487\/12-things-consider-reporting-crime\/"},"modified":"2015-01-27T12:10:05","modified_gmt":"2015-01-27T10:10:05","slug":"12-things-consider-reporting-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2015\/01\/27\/12-things-consider-reporting-crime\/","title":{"rendered":"12 things to consider when reporting a crime"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Any person who is a victim of crime may report a crime free of charge and all the necessary documentation will be completed by a police official.<\/p>\n<p>When a crime is reported, a case docket will be opened and the crime will be investigated, effect the arrest of suspects and present the case to the courts for prosecution.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>When you have been a victim of crime, you can contact the police by dialing 10111 in case of an emergency or going to your nearest police station to report the crime.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Find the physical address of your nearest police station<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.saps.gov.za\/contacts\/index.php\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>HERE<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p><div class=\"stream-item stream-item-in-post stream-item-inline-post aligncenter\"><\/div>\n<p>If police officials attend the crime scene, they will obtain a statement from you and witnesses if possible.<\/p>\n<p>The police official will register the case in the SAPS Crime Administration System (CAS) at the police station.<\/p>\n<p>The complainant will receive a CAS number via SMS or telephonic that needs to be kept as reference for future enquiries regarding the criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>If you visit the local police station to report a crime, you will be attended to in the Community Service Centre by a police official.<\/p>\n<p>The police official will first interview you and then take a statement from you. The reported crime will be registered in the CAS.<\/p>\n<p>You will be given a CAS number which must be used for all enquiries regarding the reported criminal case.<\/p>\n<p>The completed case docket is allocated to a police detective who will carry out the investigation. All enquiries can be directed to the detective.<\/p>\n<p>The detective in charge of the particular case will complete the investigation and present the docket to the relevant court for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>The detective will keep you informed of any progress including when to attend the court hearings.<\/p>\n<div class=\"stream-item stream-item-below-post-content\">\n<div class='tenancy_slot tenancy_slot_1 jannah_ad' style='display: none;' data-query-id='a97be978051d0522e057b7b78b8fdf88'><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To assist the public regarding some of the services offered by SAPS, here are tips to consider when reporting a crime. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":79488,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"hasGravity":false,"cxt_article_byline":"Malcolm Maifala","cxt_disable_google_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[6109,989,1648,6416,999,998,2362],"class_list":["post-79487","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local-crime-news","category-news-headlines","tag-caxton-east-and-south","tag-crime","tag-gauteng","tag-national-police-day","tag-police","tag-saps","tag-south-africa"],"amp_enabled":true,"category_labels":{"Category":"News","SubCategory":"Crime News"},"tag_labels":["caxton east and south","crime","Gauteng","National Police Day","police","SAPS","South Africa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79487","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=79487"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/79487\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/79488"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=79487"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=79487"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=79487"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}