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Criminal
case opened against police officers caught on tape ‘stealing cash’ from shop
Citizen reporter
KZN police spokesperson Brigadier Jay
Naicker says the officers were identified after the management at the Vryheid
police station were alerted to the matter last week.
The South African Police Service (SAPS)
confirmed that the three officers who were caught stealing cash from a shop
after a video emerged on social media were identified and a criminal case was
registered against them.
KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) police spokesperson
brigadier Jay Naicker said the officers were identified after the management at
the Vryheid police station was alerted to the matter last week: “A video was
seen circulating on social media where police officers can be seen stealing
money from a business premises.
“They were able to identify the police officers
from the footage and the provincial anti-corruption unit was contacted. The
anti-corruption unit immediately opened a criminal case and the shop was
identified from the footage,” he said.
Naicker said the owner of the shop was
approached, but refused to provide detectives from the anti-corruption unit
with a statement to implicate the officers in the theft.
The brigadier further said the police would
endeavour to solicit the assistance of the owner of the shop to pursue the
criminal investigation.........
Crimes of the South African Police Service
Gun owners’ body slams
Cele, SAPS for ‘illegal treatment’ of citizens
Citizen reporter
Police Minister Bheki Cele is seen during a press briefing at the
Department of Defence Logistic Support Formation Tekbase, 18 March 2019,
Pretoria. Picture: Jacques Nelles
‘A government that cannot protect its own people
has no right to deny that people the right to defend themselves,’ GFSA
concluded.
Gun Friendly South Africa (GFSA) slammed
Minister of Police Bheki Cele and the South Africa Police Service (SAPS) for
“failing” to protect its own country’s citizens.
“SAPS have ill-treated lawful gun owners for
more than ten years. Now you tell us you are ‘going to fight very hard’ to take
away our self-defence firearms. No Mr. Cele, No!” the organization said in a
statement.
The South
African National Defence Force (SANDF) and SAPS has come under fire over
recent weeks following a numbers of brutality cases against members of the
public being reported.
GFSA said the public suffered under
maladministration and illegal treatment by the police despite South Africa being one of the countries with
the strictest gun laws in the world.
“You ignore high court orders that forbid
disabling the SAPS computer systems for renewals, raid the homes of private
citizens to illegally confiscate guns and refuse licences to completely
qualified applicants.”
The organization also accused the Cele of
appealing every court decision against SAPS.
“You ignore service standards set by the police
portfolio committee, harass lawful gun dealers, interpret and amend the law and
regulations to suit your agenda and draft irrational directives.
“You also encourage animosity and distrust
between lawful citizens and the SAPS staff who are charged with serving us.
Covid-19 has shown us what you think about our civil rights, and the public
sees you for the bully that you are,” the organisation added.
GFSA continued: “You have made this a personal
fight. We will expose your trampling of our civil rights.”
The organization said it will expose SAPS’
mistreatment to the media, public and the police portfolio committee in
parliament.
“They will receive weekly reports of abuse and
maladministration and we have every intention to name and shame the offenders.
Mr. Cele, you have pushed us to the brink.
“A government that cannot protect its own
people has no right to deny that people the right to defend themselves,” GFSA
concluded.
Meanwhile, President Cyril
Ramaphosa signed the Independent Police Investigative
Directorate (Ipid) Act, which gives powers to parliament to suspend or remove
the head of Ipid.
In 2016, the Constitutional Court declared
parts of the Ipid Act invalid and unconstitutional as they gave the minister of
police absolute powers to suspend or remove the head of Ipid without a
parliamentary process.
The Democratic Alliance
(DA) had accused Cele of not willing to surrender his powers
over Ipid when it comes to suspension and removal of its head.
Crimes of the South African Police Service
EMPD cop allegedly assaults
woman before arresting her
In an incident partially caught on camera, the
officer allegedly beat a woman so badly that she suffered several injuries and
needed medical care, before she was charged with assault herself.
Simnikiwe
Hlatshaneni
03 Jun
2020
06:15:26 AM
Thalente Ngigi following her alleged assault by an
EMPD officer. Picture: Twitter/@MyNameIsNanah
An Ekurhuleni family was left horrified by an assault on their
35-year-old aunt, allegedly at the hands of a metro cop who refused to wear his
mask during a random traffic stop. Still recovering in hospital and awaiting
surgery, Thalente Ngigi recounted to The Citizen gruesome details of how she
ended up with a broken nose and two black eyes. She says was travelling home
with her family when her sister was flagged down by an EMPD officer for failing
to observe a stop sign. Upon interacting with the officer, she allegedly asked
him to put on his mask, which...
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South African
Police Service recruitment scam
Those who have fallen victim to these heartless
criminals are urged to contact their nearest police station.
December 9, 2015
JOHANNESBURG SOUTH – It has come to the
attention of the South African Police Service (SAPS) that there is an online
recruitment scam currently operating in the country. The scammers are inviting
unsuspecting job seekers to apply for bogus police trainee posts.....
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Black Cops Beat Black man to death in
Los Angeles..... sorry South
African Fashion!
members MURDERING Black Man
Don’t bother explaining, the South African Police
Service have a long reputable list of BRUTALITY.
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Police van used in hijacking
DAILY
NEWS
CCTV
footage shows the police van outside the Model KwikSpar in Mayville.
Durban - When a supermarket manager saw a police van parked across the
road as he was locking up the store after working a double shift late on Monday
night, he felt safe.
But when the fully marked police van with flashing blue lights and a
siren began tailing Joey Pillay as he drove to his Moses Kotane (Sparks) Road,
Overport home, he became suspicious.
Pillay lives about 3km away from his work at the Model KwikSpar in Mayville,
which is right next door to the police station.
CCTV footage from the store showed the same police van circling the
store several times from 7.45pm on Monday.
The store had closed at 8pm and Pillay was locking up when he spotted
the police vehicle parked on an island across the road.
“I did not suspect anything as the police station is right next door. In
fact, I felt safe knowing the police were around,” he said. The police van
began tailing him in Moses Kotane Road, he said.
“It was a brand new, dark blue Nissan bakkie. It was fully marked and
there were about five men in it. They were all dressed in police uniform with
reflector jackets and beanies on their heads.”
He said he tried to dodge the van by turning into RD Naidu (Stanley
Copley) Drive.
“They were not giving up. By this time blue lights were flashing and I
could hear a siren.
“The policemen were indicating that I should pull over to the side of
the road.”
Pillay said when he stopped, the policemen alighted from the vehicle and
began banging on the boot of his car.
“They demanded to know where the drugs were and who I was selling it to.
There were a lot of people around and they tried to make me look like a
criminal.”
He said the policemen were wearing white surgical gloves and they were
not armed.
“I did not see any guns or knives. I tried looking for their holsters
but did not see any,” he said.
He said he told the policemen to take him to the nearest police station
and he would co-operate with them.
“They refused. They said they were from a special task team and were
investigating me for dealing in drugs,” Pillay said.
By this time a second vehicle – a Hyundai Tucson – appeared with another
three “policemen”.
“I was bundled into this vehicle with three of the policemen. At this
point, I realised they were not real policemen. They demanded the keys for the
store and the safe.”
One of the policemen drove Pillay’s vehicle.
Pillay said he told them he did not have the safe keys. They were held
by the security company. Pillay gave them the store keys.
He said they drove around for almost an hour.
“At Cato Manor a police van drove past us.
“The fake policemen panicked and began driving at high speed. They were
talking in Zulu and I could not understand what they were saying.”
Pillay said the anti-hijacking device had been activated on his car and
the suspects had been forced to abandon it in Felix Dlamini (Brickfield) Road.
“The driver of my car phoned one of the men in the Tucson and asked him
what he should do as the car had switched off. They were worried about
patrolling vehicles and opted to abandon it.”
Pillay said they eventually stopped at a secluded spot in Cato Crest and
ordered him out of the vehicle.
“They took my wedding ring, wallet and cellphone. At this point I
thought I was a dead man. Fortunately they just left me there and sped off.”
Pillay said he walked to a spaza shop.
“I managed to phone a relative who alerted police.
“Fortunately, my brother was driving along Brickfield Road when he
spotted my abandoned car.
“The hazards were on and doors were open. He alerted police and they
were already searching for me.”
Police spokesman, Captain Thulani Zwane, said Mayville policemen
searched the area where Pillay’s car had been found.
A man wearing a police jacket and reflector vest was spotted by police.
Zwane said the 33-year-old man was arrested. He was found in possession
of the shop keys.
He is expected to appear in the Durban Magistrate’s Court on Thursday on
charges of hijacking, kidnapping, robbery and impersonating a policeman.
Zwane said the arrested suspect had no links to police.
He said they were investigating if policemen were involved and if the
marked vehicle was real or fake.
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Hijacked,
kidnapped, robbed by police – resident
Sechaba Machabe | 7 November 2013
These are the words of a 40-year-old Kensington
resident, who did not want his name published, after his traumatic ordeal on
Langermann Drive on November 1.
The businessman and father of four was allegedly
stopped by members of the Johannesburg Flying Squad while driving home from
work.
“When I was stopped I thought it was just a routine
check, or maybe I had transgressed a traffic law,” said the resident. He said
the police officers, in a marked police vehicle, instructed him to stop by
sounding the vehicle’s siren. The man stopped his vehicle and the officers, a
man and a woman, approached his car.
“The male officers asked to see my licence. I
handed it to him. He then told me I was wanted in connection with a robbery in
Sandton,” said the resident.
The man was handcuffed, put into the police vehicle
and told he was being taken to the Sandton SAPS. “As I was being handcuffed, I
noticed a man who looked familiar jump out of the police vehicle. He then
walked away,” said the resident.
The female officer climbed into the resident’s
vehicle and followed them. She dropped the vehicle off in Parktown and then
returned to the police vehicle.
“When we arrived at the station I was not taken
inside. I was left in the car in the parking lot behind the station. The male
officer went inside the station. He came back and said his superior had
instructed him to search my house,” said the resident. The officers apparently
drove to the man’s house.
“When we arrived, my wife and children were still
awake. The police officers searched the house. They took my son’s tablet device
and R15 000. They said the money and tablet were stolen,” said the resident.
The police officers went upstairs where they found
some of the goods the man sells. “They put the linen I sell into a bag with the
other things they took,” said the resident.
The man was then put back into the police vehicle.
“As they drove off, I noticed they were driving past the Jeppe SAPS and
Yeoville. They headed towards town,” said the resident. He claims he was denied
his right to make a phone call to his wife or lawyer. After driving around with
him for a while, they decided to ‘negotiate’ with him.
“They said if I left my goods with them, they would
guarantee it gets to their superior and they would share the money among
themselves and let me go,” said the resident.
He was driven to his car, handed his car keys and
driver’s licence and told to go.
“I then called a friend and went to the Cleveland
SAPS to open a case. This was at 4am. The ordeal started at around 8pm,” said
the resident.
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Crimes of the South African Police Service
Cops
believed to be behind uMhlanga man’s assault
An uMhlanga Ridge resident was hijacked, robbed and
assaulted by five alleged Metro Police officers in Seaview.
25 July 2014 10:01
A 42-YEAR-OLD uMhlanga businessman had to endure a
two and a half hour long ordeal on Tuesday evening when he was assaulted,
robbed and hijacked after he was flagged down by a man wearing a high
visibility Metro Police jacket in uMhlathuzana Road, Seaview.
It is believed the businessman had been driving
from his office when a policeman in civilian clothing, but wearing a metro
police reflector jacket and a metro police cap, flagged him down.
When the businessman stopped, the officer asked for
his licence, which he gave to the officer. The officer then told the man his
licence disk had expired and when the businessman wanted to check it, the
policeman shoved him into the car. Three other people then climbed in and drove
off. It is believed one man stayed with the Metro Police vehicle.
After stealing his wallet, ring, watch and other
valuables, the brazen robbers demanded his bank card PIN numbers and took him
to an ATM.
After withdrawing the cash, the robbers then tied
his legs and hands and drove to his house. It has been reported that they knew
where he lived, but when they arrived at his house in uMhlanga Ridge, they
turned around when they saw cars in his driveway.
Thinking on his feet, the businessman told the
robbers they could go to his office, where they lured the security officer from
the office, tied his hands and feet and pushed him into the vehicle.
Police said the robbers then took the businessman
to his office, where he led them to the safe. They made off with R170 000 and
left the businessman tied up under a table. Police said he was only freed once
ADT Security arrived.
“It is alleged that he was hijacked of his vehicle
and robbed of cash and a bank card. Police are investigating a case of car
hijacking and armed robbery. A 28-year-old suspect was arrested on Wednesday,
23 July. He will appear in the Durban Magistrates’ Court soon. The vehicle was
later recovered in Cato Manor,” the KZN SAPS office said in a statement.
eThekwini Municipality’s head of communications,
Tozi Mthethwa, said the municipality was aware of the matter involving five
Metro Police officers who were involved in an alleged hijacking.
“One officer has been arrested, while another one
was taken in for questioning by SAPS. The city treats such incidences as a
criminal offence. If the officers are found to be guilty, necessary
disciplinary action will be taken,” Mthethwa said.
The municipality went on to say it understands that
there are lawless officers in the Metro Police ranks, and urged the public to
report all incidents of an irregular or illegal nature.
“A joint effort where the public report and give
evidence in disciplinary inquiries will eradicate this unacceptable scourge.
The investigation is on-going.”
Crimes of the South African Police Service
Police colonel hijacked
among shacks
By Daily Dispatch on
September 9, 2014
A SENIOR crime
intelligence officer was hijacked, robbed and assaulted by three men in East
London on Sunday night.
Colonel Bongani
Maqashalala, one of the most senior policeman in the Eastern Cape Crime
Intelligence Division, was driving in the Amagali Abomvu informal settlement
near the East London Airport when the thugs struck. The incident occurred after
7pm.
Bongani
Maqashalala, one of the most senior policeman in the Eastern Cape Crime
Intelligence Division was hijacked, robbed and assaulted by three men in East
London.
A police
officer who was at the scene of the crime and spoke to the Daily Dispatch on condition
of anonymity said the colonel had gone to the informal settlement to fetch his
gardener when he got lost and started asking for directions.
“As he
was busy talking to locals there, three men appeared from the dark carrying
guns.
They
started pointing their firearms at the colonel and started bashing him with the
weapons,” said the officer.
He said
the robbers took the officer’s state firearm and demanded his wallet.
“They
then took him to the bushes where they tied him up. One of the suspects asked
for the card pin and went to the Greenfields shopping centre where he withdrew
a maximum amount of R3000 from officer’s account.
“The
suspect later returned and handed over the card and the vehicle to the officer.
The
officer said the colonel went to Fleet Street police station to report the
matter.
“All big
guns from Organised Crimes Unit in East London rushed to Fleet Street upon
hearing the news to console the officer.
“They
then summoned members of the East London Flying Squad and Tactical Response
Team
to go hunt the suspects,” said the officer. He said when the units arrived at
the informal settlement they quickly went to a local tavern and shut it down.
“The
tavern was filled to capacity and everyone was made to lie down as the members
continued searching for the colonel’s firearm and money.
“He
arrived and we conducted an identity parade which came out negative, the
suspects were not there,” he said.
The
officer said Maqashalala was then escorted to an unidentified East London
hospital where he was treated and discharged.
His phone
was off yesterday when contacted for comment.
Provincial
police spokeswoman Brigadier Marinda Mills confirmed the hijacking and said a
case of armed robbery was registered at the Fleet Street police station. There
had been no arrests. — zwangam@dispatch.co.za
Crimes of the South African Police Service
Never mind fitness and obesity, many cops
can’t drive or even shoot straight
October 15 2012 at 09:00am
.
PORTLY: Heavy bellied cops on guard. This cop would have a problem
arresting a young and fit criminal. Picture: Ian Landsberg
Wendy Jasson da Costa and Kamini PadayacheE
THEY can’t run, they can’t drive and apparently
some can’t shoot either.
Many of the men and women in blue who signed up to
serve and protect appear to be struggling to fulfil their mandate because
they’re unfit, don’t have a driver’s licence and can’t shoot straight.
Already condemned for being too portly to give
chase on foot, there’s a slim chance some police officers can even drive after
a criminal.
Police minister Nathi Mthethwa recently revealed
that “… 16 594 officials are not in possession of a valid driver’s licence”.
The number was in a reply to a written parliamentary
question and was released last week.
In response, DA MP Dianne Kohler Barnard said, as
of May 2012, the SAPS had 157 380 operational members.
What the minister’s figure shows, she said, “is
that 10 percent of these members always have to ride shotgun”. But Mthethwa’s
spokesman, Zweli Mnisi, argued that each person who entered the force was
chosen on merit based on their skills.
“When you want someone on board and they meet four
of the five competencies, there is no reason not to take them,” he said.
The fight against crime was not being hampered by
the officers who did not have licences as many of them did jobs which did not
require them to drive, he said. Besides, the figure included police reservists.
Kohler Barnard said it meant police officers, who
could have been on the road chasing criminals, were stuck behind their desks
because they did not have licences. It probably also meant station commanders
had to roster people according to what they could and could not do, she said.
Kohler Barnard has also asked Mthethwa to explain
to parliament why officers were failing gun competency tests and others had
failed to complete the training. “SAPS members should not be endangering the
lives of others and adding to the problem by carrying guns when they were
clearly not fit to do so,” she said.
Eearlier this year it emerged that more then 6 000
officers failed their gun competency tests and 20 000 others had yet to finish
their weapons training.
Mnisi said he could not comment on what had
happened to the officers who had failed the gun test and how many had now
completed training, as these were “operational issues”. Questions sent to the
office of the national commissioner were also not answered. Institute of
Security Studies senior researcher, Johan Burger, said officers who could not
drive should not be hired.
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