Just trying to reinforce that the majority of cops are not violent thugs, I am all for exsposing them and sticking them in jail or out of the SAPS
But some children on the site dont seem to get that
In 2009 ....
Law breakers cannot be law enforcers
Dianne Kohler Barnard, Shadow Minister of Police
24 August 2009
This morning’s reports of police officers who have been convicted of crimes and who are subsequently allowed to continue to work as police officers, is a long standing problem and one that must be rectified as a matter of urgency.
Convicted SAPS members as well as officers charged with crimes, appear to still be working for the Service. The fact that law breakers are allowed to continue service as law enforcers, is wrong, and highlights fundamental deficiencies within the Police Service.
The Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD), the police ‘watchdog’, has often recommended suspension or other disciplinary action against certain SAPS members for their conduct, but these recommendations have often been ignored. The last available information from 2008 showed, in fact, that only 58% of ICD recommendations were followed.
I submitted a private member’s legislative proposal with the Speaker’s office in June 2009, to propose empowering the ICD and to create a greater onus on the SAPS to enact recommendations. As of today, I am still waiting to present my proposal before the Committee on Private Members Legislative Proposals. The top structures are all talking about getting tough on crime, but what about getting tough on crime within the SAPS?
The ICD in the 2008/2009 financial year received over 6119 complaints against SAPS members, almost half of which were for misconduct.
Police members convicted of crimes cannot be allowed to continue as law enforcers. How can the South African public be expected to trust a police service that bankrolls tried and convicted criminals? The DA will today put questions to the Minister of Police to establish how many police officers employed by the SAPS have been convicted of crimes.
http://www.da.org.za/newsroom.htm?action=view-news-item&id=7156
SAPS is a big fail
Metro police in GP is a shame.
No matter what you said it is not going to change the perception of the people.
It is a FACT..
How many convicted criminals on patrol?
How many misconduct policemen are still working?
You believe police misconduct and brutality is just some “isolated” cases?
I don’t want to talk about the cases from the “news”, just personal and my friends’ experiences.
1) SAPS: following one of my friends and stopped him in a public place, robbed my friend in gun point. Found those criminals in the police station => laid charges => 3 years later => nothing happen.
2) JMPD: I was followed and stopped by a marked JMPD vehicle, just asked me for “cold drink money”.
3) SAPS: police came one of my friends office with marked SAPS vehicle, demanded to search the office with no warrant, even they couldn’t tell what was the reason. My friend phoned to the police station, didn’t find the commander for the operation and no one in the police station knew what the operation for. Finally they ran away.
4) SAPS: I was threatened by a police either I paid him bribe or arrested me on spot with no any valid reason. He said he could arrest me for “anything” (he could make any charge against me) because he had the power.
5) SAPS: my friend was drinking INSIDE his house, Three police passed and saw him was drinking, jump over the boundary wall and arrest him for “public drinking”. Threaten to pay bribe but he had no money on that time, he was arrested and spent his LONG weekend inside the police station and released later with NO CHARGE.
etc.....
You want me to carry on?
I am childish, so what you are?
Not just directed at you, I said you guys.
