Police have ‘a pattern of criminality’, research
shows
Abram
Mashego@abrammashego28
January 2015 13:33
South African cops are
planning and executing serious and violent crimes, new research suggests.
The South African Institute
of Race Relations, working with AfriForum, today released a report called
Broken Blue Line 2. The police have moved swiftly to distance themselves from
the report.
Among Broken Blue Line 2’s
key findings are:
» Allegations of police
officers being involved in committing serious and violent crime are not just
isolated incidents;
» Police criminality
doesn’t simply relate to corruption – researchers say there is a “pattern” of
organisation;
» In many cases involving
perpertrators wearing police uniform, the criminals are not just posing as cops
– they are the real thing and are sometimes on duty when committing crimes;
and,
» The low conviction rate
of implicated officers suggests that police management doesn’t really take the
problem seriously.
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more….
http://www.citypress.co.za/news/police-pattern-criminality-research-shows/
