Shocking figures indicating how many police members have been arrested for crime since 2019 demonstrate how deeply rooted criminality is in police force
26 September 2023
The fact that a total of 5 489 police members have been arrested for criminal offences since the 2019/20 financial year demonstrates just how deeply rooted criminality is in the police force.
Of the 5 489 cases, 383 arrests were made for serious crimes including murder, rape and livestock theft.
The Minister of Police, Bheki Cele, disclosed these figures to the FF Plus after first being unable to produce the figures a few weeks ago and offering the excuse that the relevant information system was faulty.
Among the 383 serious crimes for which police members were arrested are 84 incidents of murder, 109 of robbery, 79 of rape, 29 of livestock theft, 78 of kidnapping and 4 cash-in-transit heists.