Primrose SAPS officer charged after pointing weapon at driver parking lot
dispute
Bedford Centre A policeman from Primrose SAPS
was charged with pointing a firearm after a dispute in Bedford Centre’s parking
lot on 23 August 2011.Source: Bedfordview journalist Brian Mchunu. The
policeman’s service- and personal guns were also confiscated. This follows
allegations that he pointed a firearm at a white motorist after an argument
over a parking space at Bedford Centre on Friday, August 12 after 3pm.
Bedfordview SAPS, communications officer, Sergeant Mduduzi Nhlabathi, said that
the unnamed off-duty Primrose policeman parked his personal vehicle behind
another car and went into the shopping centre. “When the driver of the other
car came back he found that he had been boxed in. When the policeman arrived,
an argument ensued. It is said that the policeman pointed a firearm at the
other driver,” said Sgt Nhlabathi. He said that the police traced their
colleague through his car registration and his two guns have since been
confiscated. Sgt Nhlabathi could not tell if the policeman is still at work or
suspended. At the time of going to print the Primrose SAPS communications
officer, Warrant Officer Mavela Masondo, said that the incident had not been
reported to Primrose SAPS.
