The Traffic Support Branch is SAPOL's strategic centralised traffic policing service. The Branch provides a support function to SAPOL in order to reduce the number and severity of road crashes, facilitating the free flow of traffic and achieving safer road user behaviour by:

• Coordinating SAPOL's strategic traffic requirements
• Providing resources and assistance
• Implementing traffic policing operations
• Producing information and intelligence
• Promoting road safety
• Providing technical advice