The main objective of the Union is to look after the interest of its members and to foster a spirit of unison among workers in general. Our organisation has been formed by the workers, for the workers, to represent their rights and interests in the workplace and to improve working conditions and wages.

The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union [POPCRU] is a trade union organisation in South Africa operating within the South African Police Service [SAPS], the Department of Correctional Services [DCS] and the Traffic component.

Our main broad strategic objectives have always been: *To improve material conditions of our members and of the working people as a whole. *To organise the unorganised *To ensure worker participation in the struggle for peace and democracy Principles