Each week we learn our police force, sadly, are no saints.
Our lead story on Monday, revealing 21 police officials have been arrested in the past week, should come as a shock, but years and years of abuse of power by some in blue uniform makes it no surprise. Cops were arrested for torture, murder and kidnapping, among other things, while a sergeant was detained for allegedly raping a child. This is just the tip of the iceberg. Each week, we hear these horror stories. Poor examples set by those entrusted to protect us over time has seen a huge...
Cops were arrested for torture, murder and kidnapping, among other things, while a sergeant was detained for allegedly raping a child. Poor examples set by those entrusted to protect us over time has seen a huge drop in trust in our law enforcement. National police spokesperson Brigadier Vish Naidoo said: “We cannot deny that among us there are some police officers who get involved in criminality and corruption and we welcome those members being dealt with decisively.”