Constructing an Integrated Service Excellence Model for the Police

This study is set within the South African Police Service (SAPS). The purpose of the study is to construct an integrated service excellence model in order to improve service quality in the South African Police Service as a whole and to continuously improve service excellence in the assistance provided in the Northern Cape in particular.Furthermore the study was intended to identify gaps in the quality of services provided by the SAPS to the various communities in the Northern Cape. The development of a service excellence model for the assessment of the services provided by the SAPS is justified because it is an essential means to improving the services rendered which will be beneficial to both the SAPS and the community.Service failures negatively impact relationships and marketing efforts and thus complicate service providers‟ relationship-building efforts. Therefore service providers endeavor to restore customers‟ post-recovery satisfaction through service recovery efforts to retain their customers. However the influence that customers‟ relation ship intentions have on this process has not been considered.