Fears that scores of recruits paid for entry into SA police colleges

[PrimeSteak]

SAPS IN CRISIS: Fears that scores of recruits paid for entry into SA police colleges

Damning allegations have emerged that scores of new police recruits have secured their places at police training colleges illegally by paying for their entry into colleges and sidestepping the required stringent test for entry.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[Hemi300c]

This is just fvcking great

More criminals "protecting" SA from criminals.

 

[ShaunSA]

Mabenas coming to a Cop Shop near you...

Oh wait they're already there

 

[PrimeSteak]

Not only is there a possibility that SAPS WC is captured by gangs... But SAPS recruits now bribe their way into the service???

Dissolve the SAPS and start anew at this point...

 

[Supervan II]

Nothing new to see here, move along.

You need to be blind/an idiot to not see this happening, all due to "AA/EE".

 

[TheChamp]

Not only is there a possibility that SAPS WC is captured by gangs... But SAPS recruits now bribe their way into the service???

Dissolve the SAPS and start anew at this point...

Something isn't very clear about what is happening, the guys are already recruits, meaning they are already appointed, right? why do they need to bribe their way into the college? All along I thought you are recruited and you go to college, or are you recruited on condition that you are selected to go to the college?

 

[PrimeSteak]

Something isn't very clear about what is happening, the guys are already recruits, meaning they are already appointed, right? why do they need to bribe their way into the college? All along I thought you are recruited and you go to college, or are you recruited on condition that you are selected to go to the college?

scores of new police recruits have secured their places at police training colleges illegally by paying for their entry into colleges and sidestepping the required stringent test for entry. ​

That should clear things up.

I.e. they need to bribe their way into actually becoming recruits.

 

[ToxicBunny]

That should clear things up.

I.e. they need to bribe their way into actually becoming recruits.

And we wonder why the SAPS are fscking useless... (though in reality we don't actually wonder)

 

[PrimeSteak]

And we wonder why the SAPS are fscking useless... (though in reality we don't actually wonder)

Yup, the entire thing is compromised.

• People pay their way into the service.
• The higher-ups are corrupt and captured by organised crime groups.
• Most policemen can't do their jobs properly.
• They're under-resourced by the gov.

They're paying to sidestep due process:

https://www.careersportal.co.za/careers/careers-advice/requirements-to-become-a-police-officer-in-south-africa

Those who choose to apply to SAPS trials will be subjected to fitness, psychometric and integrity testing, and medical evaluations during the recruitment, selection and enlistment process.

/Tfw you fail the integrity testing before you're even tested

As I said, dissolve the whole thing and build a new police service from scratch. SAPS as it is now, I doubt even a national UF government would be able to turn things around...

 

[ToxicBunny]

Yup, the entire thing is compromised.

• People pay their way into the service.
• The higher-ups are corrupt and captured by organised crime groups.
• Most policemen can't do their jobs properly.
• They're under-resourced by the gov.

They're paying to sidestep due process:

https://www.careersportal.co.za/careers/careers-advice/requirements-to-become-a-police-officer-in-south-africa

/Tfw you fail the integrity testing before you're even tested

As I said, dissolve the whole thing and build a new police service from scratch. SAPS as it is now, I doubt even a national UF government would be able to turn things around...

Unfortunately for us in this country, Law Enforcement is largely a failed entity and will take a minimum of 20 years to see any positive turn around in in my opinion.

 

[R13...]

It is almost certain that many pay their way into these mass recruitment type jobs. The metro police recruitment drives are also bride driven. It is known. Not even limited to government entities anymore.

 

[mojoman]

When you have seen one use their 9mm lung blowing pistol as a hammer...

 

[ShaunSA]

It is almost certain that many pay their way into these mass recruitment type jobs. The metro police recruitment drives are also bride driven. It is known. Not even limited to government entities anymore.

Russian or Ukranian?

 

[Ponderer]

I often go fishing with a good friend that's a cop.
The stories he tells me.

He is so despondent that he cannot wait to retire.
And if you want to reach retirement age, you better turn a blind eye to the gangsters dressed in police uniform.
It's no real secret within the force - everybody knows it.
They will not hesitate to take you out if you are a threat to their activities.

There's still some good cops, but they are getting less and less.
Our police force is slowly and steadily becoming a fully fledged criminal syndicate.

 

[alwaysthankful]

It is despicable but it is happening in the UK as well. Not only in South Africa.

'Thousands' of corrupt officers may be in police after vetting failures, watchdog warns

A review into the vetting of prospective police officers was commissioned after the murder of Sarah Everard by Wayne Couzens, a serving Met Police officer, last year.

news.sky.com

 

[Fulcrum29]

This isn't new... but it is brought into the public's interest now.

SAPS IN CRISIS: 28s gang ‘capture’ top Western Cape cops, prosecutors’ lives at risk – judge sounds corruption alarm

A rattling high court judgment says evidence points to 28s gangsters having wormed their way into the Western Cape’s cop management, accessing Crime Intelligence reports and meetings during which policing strategies are discussed.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

OPINIONISTA: If gangs have infiltrated the Western Cape SAPS to the highest levels, it is capture of the worst kind

Judge Daniel Thulare’s judgment in the Western Cape high court that gangs have infiltrated the SA Police Service up to the highest levels confirmed our worst fears. This is toxic corruption.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

 

[PrimeSteak]

This isn't new... but it is brought into the public's interest now.

SAPS IN CRISIS: 28s gang ‘capture’ top Western Cape cops, prosecutors’ lives at risk – judge sounds corruption alarm

A rattling high court judgment says evidence points to 28s gangsters having wormed their way into the Western Cape’s cop management, accessing Crime Intelligence reports and meetings during which policing strategies are discussed.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

OPINIONISTA: If gangs have infiltrated the Western Cape SAPS to the highest levels, it is capture of the worst kind

Judge Daniel Thulare’s judgment in the Western Cape high court that gangs have infiltrated the SA Police Service up to the highest levels confirmed our worst fears. This is toxic corruption.

www.dailymaverick.co.za

I wonder how the ANC would respond if WC Gov launches a Commission of Inquiry into this and it's as revealing and damning as Zondo...

 

[RonSwanson]

Oudtshoorn used to be the training college for female SAPS members, not sure if it is still unisex today.

Lekker Transformation and AA!

 

[Fulcrum29]

I wonder how the ANC would respond if WC Gov launches a Commission of Inquiry into this and it's as revealing and damning as Zondo...

Even when there is an inquiry, will the report and recommendations be adhered to? There had been remedial processes in the past to address issues within the SAPS ranks top to bottom, and it has only gotten worse. Once these structures are owned by the corrupt, it is not easily reversible unless you purge the hierarchy. It could take years, and even then, you will still have an ideological divide.

Just have a look at the SANDF, the untouchables.

Ignoring the SANDF, this is not unique to us, even the US have their history with corruption within their policing ranks. That is their problem.

Our problem is that this is impacting all crime investigations and discovery processes. Forensics are also compromised.

 

[PrimeSteak]

Even when there is an inquiry, will the report and recommendations be adhered to?

Good question. Although it would be another massive condemnation of the ANC at the very least.

Our problem is that this is impacting all crime investigations and discovery processes. Forensics are also compromised.

Yup.