North West Premier concerned about police suicides
Early detection of police
officials who are stressed might prevent incidents of members of the police
service killing their partners and thereafter committing suicide, North West
Premier Thandi Modise said on Friday.
Premier Modise said that
post-traumatic stress disorder associated with conditions that police
experience during the course of their work demand for advanced psychological
services to ensure that whatever pressures police experience in their personal
lives do not trigger violent reaction.
Spokesperson Lesiba
Kwgele adds that the Minister is concerned
about incidents of violence that have resulted in loss of lives involving
members of the police service particularly as they have occurred close to one
another.
The
Premier’s comment follows a report that another police officer shot his
life-partner dead before turning the gun on himself in Tlhabane near
Rustenburg. According to police, the incident took place during the early hours of the morning after neighbours reportedly overheard the pair arguing before they heard gun shots
Captain Amanda Funani said that the Tlhabane police were called at
The incident follows another tragedy in Modimong village near Taung where Constable Boitumelo Kwate shot his girlfriend Portia Mojakgolo on her hip before turning a gun on himself on Christmas eve.
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