The entity’s 300 investigators are tasked with investigating the conduct of the over 200,000 officers in the country, resulting in it battling to hold them properly accountable for their actions.
JOHANNESBURG - The Independent Police Investigative Directorate says it is massively understaffed, with just 300 detectives across the country.Eyewitness News previously reported that IPID established a task team to look into the police killings in KwaZulu-Natal.However, with limited resources and manpower, the entity is struggling to hold police properly accountable for their actions.
The 300 investigators are charged with investigating the conduct of all South African Police Service members, metro police officers in the eight different metropolitan cities, and the recently established Gauteng Crime Prevention Wardens, unofficially known as Amapanyaza.Of those cases, only 53 were successfully prosecuted by the National Prosecuting Authority.IPID spokesperson Robbie Raburabu: "I would be lying if I said capacity is enough.
A violence monitor expert, Mary de Haas, said the underfunding of IPID meant rogue police officers were not being held accountable.
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