Cops in ‘bribe video’ suspended
May 10 2013 at 11:56am
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Johannesburg - A policeman filmed
taking a bribe and a policewoman caught on camera performing a sexual act will
be suspended, Gauteng police said on Friday.
“The content of the video is very
disturbing and has warranted the management to take immediate action in terms
of the South African Police Service disciplinary code,” said Brigadier Neville
Malila.
“Internal disciplinary processes are
under way, as prescribed by the regulations and policies of the SAPS.
“Notices of suspension will be served
on the officers today (Friday),” he said.
The video was recorded in a parking lot
near the East Rand Mall, in Boksburg, at 3am on Saturday, Beeld reported. A
copy was sent to the police on Thursday.
According to Beeld, the 20-minute video
shows a Boksburg North police vehicle driving into the parking lot, followed by
a BMW.
A uniformed policewoman gets out of the
BMW, followed by the driver.
The policeman reportedly climbs out of
the police vehicle and waits for the driver to withdraw money from a nearby
Absa ATM. The man hands banknotes to the policeman.
Beeld reported that the policeman is
shown driving out of the parking lot and stopping at the roadside.
In the parking lot, the policewoman
talks to the motorist, then helps him to unzip his trousers and performs a
sexual act on him.
He then gives her money, after which
she runs across the parking lot to the waiting police vehicle.
According to the newspaper, the
motorist watches them leave, zips up his pants and drives off in the opposite
direction.
Gauteng provincial commissioner
Lieutenant-General Mzwandile Petros said there was no space for corrupt police
officials in the service and they would be arrested without hesitation.
“The message was clear since 2010: if
you are corrupt, leave the service or you will be arrested, but leaving the
service will also not stop us from arresting you.”
Petros said since September 2010 more
than 990 police officers had been arrested for corruption and other related
crimes in the province, and that 469 members had been dismissed over the same
period. - Sapa
