Action Against Crime
The Action Against Crime initiative is very similar in its aims to Redeeming Our Communities, Hope2008, and other UK initiatives. Local Churches and communities are encouraged to meet and pray for their local police and to harness the power of shared prayer to reduce crime and reclaim the streets from the criminals.

Some remarkable success stories have come out of this initiative: Click here, for example, to read about the amazing transformation wrought in the Johannesburg district of Sophiatown through the power of prayer. The arrival of a Christian Police Chief and the presence of a number of other Christian Police Officers has been the catalyst for change that the community themselves had despaired of. Now members of the community drop into the Police Station to attend the prayer room there (which is located directly below the cell block!). Schools have followed the churches in adopting members of the local Police. Local clean-up and crime-watch schemes have also developed. The result? From having the second-higest crime rate of any district in Johannesburg, Sophiatown now has the second-lowest!!!

Alternatively, Click here for a brief presentation of how the Action Against Crime scheme works (MS Powerpoint - 329k).

Adopt-A-Station
The CPA in SAPS have an "Adopt-A-Station" initiative ongoing (similar to the UK's Adopt-A-Cop, despite the name difference). The success of the scheme in areas like Sophiatown is now having a ripple-effect in other area of Johannesburg and elsewhere in the country, such as Cape Town and Gauteng. As in the UK, Churches are being encouraged to "adopt" local Police Officers and to pray for them.

As well as actively envangelising within and outside the Police Service, CPA members are all involved in outreach into the communities they serve. Besides some of the specific initiatives mentioned on this page they are working to reduce the incidence of abortion in South Africa, where backstreet abortions are still commonplace, to reduce drug abuse, and to reduce crime by bringing the Good News of Jesus to criminals and victims alike. Their quest to forge international links led Captain Fanie Van Vuuren (one of the driving forces behind the SAPS CPA) to Patrick Reilly from Assist News and from Patrick to our own site. Please read the Prayer Request submitted by Fanie and include all the members of the SAPS in your prayers, especially the CPA members all over South Africa who are working so hard to bring their country back from the brink.

The Church at Giyani
One of the most heart-warming presentations on the CD mentioned in the update below relates to the Church at Giyani. There what was being used as the Church was built like a very large temporary bus-shelter with a roof but no sides. CPA Members undertook to rebuild the Church from the foundations up and the presentation is a series of photos showing the project from start to finish, ending with views of a service in the newly-finished building and the handover to the delighted pastor.

Downloads
Some of the documents from the CD mentioned below are available to view/download here:

• Action Against Crime (MS Powerpoint, 329k)
• CPA Letter (MS Word, 34k)
• The Christian Police (MS Word, 24k)
• CPA Presentation (MS Powerpoint, 4Mb)
• CPA Video (MP4, 74Mb)