Peace workers patrol the community and are available to help with any unarmed conflict situation. Other services provided include going to mass events, such as funerals, which may become violent. Peace workers serve their communities for a year.
A Community Police Forum (CPF) consists of organisations and institutions such as schools, ratepayers associations, civic organisations, businesses and religious institutions, working in partnership with the local police.
The function of a Community Safety Forum (CSF) is to coordinate the crime prevention activities of all government and non-government organisations (NGOs) that are involved in crime prevention in an area, which may cover several police station areas.
A neighbourhood watch is a group of citizens from a neighbourhood who agree to form a neighbourhood watch after discussing the idea with people who live in their area.
The provincial Department of Community Safety provides funding for anti-crime projects run by registered non-governmental organisations (NGOs) and Community Police Forums.