Rise in Blue.
For SAPS personnel.
The South African Police Service and Rise Against Domestic Violence SA have joined forces to provide safe, confidential, online, free, and trauma-informed support for SAPS nationwide.
Jay Govender
Head of Legal at Rise and Serving SAPS Officer
Her insight from within SAPS helped shape Rise in Blue into a confidential, structured support pathway for SAPS officers and personnel. Real understanding of the system. Real protection for the people inside it.
Built for the reality SAPS personnel face.
Rise in Blue offers confidential online support for SAPS personnel experiencing any form of domestic violence, or members seeking help for a colleague who needs a safe, private space to talk.
Support that is private, structured, and never exposed.
Rise in Blue is not a public service. It is a confidential pathway built specifically for SAPS personnel and their colleagues. Every conversation is held inside a structured, monitored support system handled by people who understand domestic violence, safety, boundaries, and the need for confidential help.
What Rise in Blue provides.
Each pillar serves a specific purpose. Together, they create a full support pathway for SAPS personnel.
Legal Advice
SAPS personnel can ask questions and receive guidance from legal volunteers on domestic violence related processes, protection orders, SAPS internal processes, firearm implications under Section 102 and Section 103 of the Firearms Control Act, rights, remedies, and available options. Legal information is offered, but this does not replace formal legal representation.
Emotional Support
Trauma-informed counsellors, counselling interns, social workers, and trained support volunteers help create a safer space for SAPS personnel who need emotional support, guidance, and containment. Sessions are confidential. Sessions are private. Sessions move at your pace.
Professional Boundaries
Rise in Blue provides confidential support, legal guidance, and structured referral pathways. Legal information is offered, but this does not replace formal legal representation. Where matters require formal legal action or external referral, support is given to navigate the next step safely.
Who This Is For
For SAPS officers and personnel experiencing domestic violence, coercive control, harassment, financial control, emotional abuse, physical violence, sexual abuse, or breach of a protection order. Also for members seeking help for a colleague who needs a safe, private space to talk.
Two access points. One confidential process.
Start where you feel safest. WhatsApp, email, or complete the intake form directly. Each route is handled with care.
Send a WhatsApp
Use the verified Rise in Blue WhatsApp route. This number is handled directly by the Founder.
WhatsApp Rise in Blue →Or send an email
Email Rise in Blue if that feels safer or more structured for you.
blue@riseagainstdomesticviolence.co.za →Complete intake
You will be asked to complete a short, confidential screening questionnaire.
Open intake form →Receive the right support
Intake helps ensure your safety needs are assessed and the group remains secure and protected.
After intake, you enter a structured support system.
Each space has a purpose. Each role is defined. SAPS personnel can receive one to one support, group support, or both, depending on what feels safest and what is needed.
Rise in Blue Core
SAPS personnel can be part of the support groups, receive one to one support, or use both depending on what is appropriate and safe for their situation. Every member moves through intake first, then enters the support pathway that fits their needs and safety.
Support Team
Rise in Blue is supported by trauma-informed counsellors, social workers, legal volunteers, attorneys, interns, and trained support volunteers. The purpose is to make sure SAPS personnel are not left trying to figure everything out alone. Support is structured, monitored, and guided by people who understand domestic violence, safety, boundaries, and the need for confidential help.
Legal Advice Space
SAPS personnel can join the legal advice space and ask questions. Legal volunteers offer legal advice and guidance on the Domestic Violence Act, protection order procedures, SAPS internal processes, firearm implications under Section 102 and Section 103 of the Firearms Control Act, rights, remedies, and available options.
Counselling
Trauma-informed counsellors and counselling interns offer confidential online scheduled sessions. This gives SAPS personnel a safer space to speak, be heard, receive emotional support, and start making sense of what they are facing without judgement or exposure.
Women Support Group
The women's support group is a private peer support space for survivors. It is safe, monitored, and informative. Members can receive support, share carefully, learn from others, and be reminded that they do not have to move through this alone.
Men Support Group
The men's support group is a private peer support space for SAPS men who need support, guidance, and a safer place to speak. It is monitored, respectful, and informative. One to one support can also be offered where needed.
If you are in immediate danger.
Contact SAPS Crime Stop, the Women Abuse Helpline, or report to any SAPS station. It does not have to be your own station.
Start where you feel safest.
WhatsApp, email, or complete the intake form. The process is confidential, structured, and handled with care.