20 February 2015
Western Cape MEC of Community Safety Dan Plato has welcomed the increase in clampdown of crime within the police services.
This as three officers were
arrested this week for allegedly stealing dagga from a crime scene and selling
it off to drug dealers in Ocean View.
Over the last three months
over 20 police members have been arrested by the provincial Anti-Corruption
Investigation Unit.
Ministerial Spokesperson Ewald
Botha said MEC Plato urges the public to be vigilante in ensuring that anyone
from the SAPS whose involved in criminal activity are identified and are
reported to their local police stations.
Botha said members of the
public can also alert the newly established office of the police Ombudsmen for
cases for investigation or report it to the Department of Community Safety
policing complaints hotline.
“The detection investigation and
the arrest of officers within SAPS sends a strong message that crime does not
pay no matter who you are and it also goes a long way to help restore the good
name of policing in communities” Botha added.
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