The Crimes of the South African Police Service

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Sunday, April 28, 2013

Crimes of the South African Police Service

Cops’ targets to fight crime under fire

April 19 2013 at 10:35am
By Babalo Ndenze

“Pretoria - Police top brass got a dressing down from MPs for being “cowards” for lowering performance targets and inflating success rates by including things such as shoplifting under more serious crimes to boost performance figures.

MPs on the police portfolio committee stopped short of accusing the police of cooking the books when it presented “muddled” figures during a briefing on its budget and performance plan for the 2013/14 financial year. “