Why it’s critical to appoint the right person as next police commissioner - Law enforcement cannot function adequately if its leadership structures are dysfunctional
The constant drama in the upper echelons of police service, which includes the office of the national commissioner, do not inspire South Africans with much confidence in the ability of the police to combat crime and keep them safe.
Several recent events have exposed the harms caused by the problems in the leadership in police service. Perhaps the most telling were the. Just prior to the outbreak of the violence, Sitole had unsuccessfully attempted to overturn a high court decision that found he and his deputies were politically compromised. Then the riots occurred and South Africans watched in horror the apparent inability of the police service to restore law and order.
Why is it critically important to appoint the right person for the position of national police commissioner? I can suggest three important reasons. First, until now, the interference of politics in the affairs and activities of the police service has weakened it. The controversies surrounding Sitole, and the cloud under which he vacates the office, make it imperative that his successor must be the right person for the job, and not be appointed because of any other reason than they can do the job.
Second, we should not forget that many of the current problems in the police service were inherited. We all know the role of the South African Police in enforcing the whims of the apartheid state, and the damage this did to its reputation as the protector of the people. For many, this perception of the post-1994 police service has not improved, especially if we consider incidents such as the
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