Van Niekerk, RhonaBezuidenhout, Christiaan2020-11-172020-11-172019Van Niekerk, R. & Bezuidenhout, C. 2019, 'Perceptions of South African Police Service officials regarding the implementation of sector policing in Limpopo Province', Acta Criminologica : African Journal of Criminology & Victimology, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 96-1181012-8093http://hdl.handle.net/2263/77038The purpose of this article is to focus on the level of implementation of sector policing in South Africa in terms of Sector Policing National Instruction 3/2013. The contribution also focuses on the perceptions of South African Police Service officers responsible for implementing sector policing at police stations according to the guidelines of National Instruction 3 of 2013. In a study conducted by van Niekerk (2016), the qualitative research results indicate challenges preventing police officials from adequately implementing Sector Policing National Instruction 3/2013. A noteworthy number of station commanders and sector commanders of urban and rural police stations stated that sector policing, as defined by Sector Policing National Instruction 3/2013, was a pro-active partnership policing approach and a crime reduction strategy but emphasised that successful implementation of sector policing depends on certain conditions. An overview of some of their responses regarding these conditions will be highlighted.en© Criminological and Victimological Society of Southern AfricaCombatingCommunity policingCrimeCrime preventionPolicingSectorSector commanderSector crime forumSector policingSector profileStation commanderArticle