Another metro cop arrested for bribery
2015-01-08 11:04
(Nielen de
Klerk, News24)
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Johannesburg - A 37-year-old Tshwane
metro police officer was arrested for allegedly soliciting a bribe from a
motorist, the Tshwane metro police department said on Thursday.
Senior Superintendent Isaac Mahamba
said the officer was arrested in Hammanskraal on Wednesday.
The officer had stopped a car and the
driver acknowledged it was not roadworthy.
"The member told him to give him
R100 and the motorist later lodged a formal complaint and our member was
arrested late yesterday [Wednesday]," he said.
"We are urging members of the
public to come forward if our members are involved in corruption. The
department applauds members of the public who come forward. When our members
insist on a bribe they should report it."
He said the man was expected to appear
in a Pretoria court on Thursday. Mahamba said this was the third officer from
the department arrested this week. Two officers were arrested on Tuesday for
allegedly soliciting a bribe from Crime Line head Yusuf Abramjee.
He said the department was worried, but
not all officers were corrupt.
"We are worried, we want to render
a clean service to the community," he said.
"On the same note we are still
saying not all our members ask for bribes and we are warning our members."
Previous incident
Previous incident
On Monday, Abramjee alerted authorities
that two metro officers had stopped him for speeding and asked for a bribe to
avoid him getting a speeding ticket, Mahamba said at the time. He refused to
pay up and the officers let him go.
The two officers were operating a speed
trap camera in Centurion. They were not supposed to stop speeding motorists but
were meant to take the camera's film back to their office, where fines would be
drawn up and sent to the speedsters.
The two officers stopped the speeding
investigator tasked to carry out the entrapment. They demanded a R200 bribe
from him. They were arrested and charged with corruption and bribery, Mahamba
said.
The pair were found with crumpled notes
in their pockets.
"One was found with R1200 and
other had R710," said Mahamba.
He said they would not hesitate to fire
corrupt officials.
"Many officers are doing their
best and we know there are a few who are corrupt," he said.
- SAPA
