High
ranking OR Tambo police official caught sleeping on the job
There is also controversy
surrounding his appointment as Colonel
July 20, 2015
COL
Mokotedi Makuwa.
SAPS
are investigating the alleged misconduct of a high ranking police official
after pictures emerged of him sleeping on the job at OR Tambo International
Airport.The
official, Col Mokotedi Makuwa was allegedly on duty at the airport and was
dressed in full uniform.Reports
allege that there had been controversy surrounding his appointment in March as
the head of operational response services at OR Tambo.SAPS
spokesman Brig Vishnu Naidoo denied this and said Makuwa’s placing at OR Tambo
was not controversial.
“The
colonel is a fully-fledged police officer with 27 years of service. He made an
application for a lateral transfer to the airport from North West province,
where he was a provincial commander in the operational response service
division and border policing. He is experienced in criminal investigations,
intelligence gathering and crime prevention.”
“We
are concerned that a senior member is alleged to have behaved in such a manner.
A senior officer has been appointed to conduct investigations.”
