New new legislation signed on Wednesday allows Ipid to investigate rapes and killings by Saps members whether on or off duty.
New legislation signed on Wednesday allows Ipid to investigate rapes and killings by Saps members whether on or off duty, among other things.President Cyril Ramaphosa on Wednesday signed into law legislation that affirms the institutional and operational independence of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate and empowers it to investigate serious offences committed by police officers whether they are off duty or not.
The Civilian Secretariat provides the Minister of Police with policy advice and research support; develops departmental policy; provides civilian oversight of the South African Police Service and mobilises stakeholders outside the department around crime prevention and policing matters.The law now empowers Ipid to investigate any deaths caused by the actions of a member of the Saps or a member of a municipal police service, whether such member was on or off duty.
This amended law gives effect to an earlier Constitutional Court judgment in the McBride vs Minister of Police and Another matter which invalidated provisions in the Ipid Act that enabled the Minister of Police to take disciplinary measures against the Executive Director of Ipid without parliamentary oversight.
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