PUNISH CORRUPT COPS HEAVILY - URGES MINISTER MTHETHWA
Total of 768 cases brought against an organization with 200 000 members remain a worry to police leadership
CAPE TOWN - 08 August 2011. Any police officer who is found guilty of colluding with criminals, involved in assault, murder, rape, attempted rape and sexual assault deserves to rot in jail and the key thrown away. In fact, the punishment of such "criminals in blue uniform" should be the harshest than normal criminals.
This is a view of the Minister of Police, Nathi Mthethwa in reference to a written Parliamentary reply on how many cases of assault, murder, rape, attempted rape and sexual assault have been filed against members of the SAPS since 1 January 2009. He stated that the numbers of cases were as follows:
Assault - 516
Murder - 50