12 November 2013
Western Cape MEC of Community Safety
Dan Plato said he is concerned about police who are not following standing
orders on gender separation in police cells.
This is after reports emerged that a
woman and her 1-year-old child were made to share a police cells with two
men. MEC Plato said police need to
uphold basic human rights.
Ministerial Spokesperson Greg Wagner said Minister Plato will be asking the
Western Cape Police Commissioner General Arno Lamor to investigate the matter
and take the necesarry disciplinary action.
“MEC Plato said the detention
appears to be in violation of section 13(1) (b) of SA Police Service Standing
Order 361 which provides that males and females are never to be detained in the
same cell,” Wagner added.
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