{"id":10737,"date":"2013-09-30T06:08:36","date_gmt":"2013-09-30T06:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10737"},"modified":"2013-09-30T06:08:36","modified_gmt":"2013-09-30T06:08:36","slug":"s-african-police-trying-to-clean-up-crime-corruption-in-its-ranks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=10737","title":{"rendered":"S. African police trying to clean up crime, corruption in its ranks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SAPS-murder.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10738\" alt=\"SAPS-murder\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SAPS-murder-300x182.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"182\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SAPS-murder-300x182.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/SAPS-murder.jpg 568w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Twenty members of the SA Police Service have been suspended in the past two months, the police said on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The actions of the employees were investigated and, based on prima facie evidence, disciplinary action was taken against them,&#8221; spokesman Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The suspended employees include eight police officers and 12 administration officials, said Makgale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Makgale said that over the past two months 191 members of the police were arrested for their alleged involvement in various crimes such as murder, rape, corruption and fraud.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;An instruction has been issued to make it compulsory for members of the SAPS to regularly declare when they are facing criminal investigations.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Makgale said that police management was also in the process of verifying the academic qualifications of employees.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;Employees whose academic records differ from what they have declared to SAPS will be dealt with and may be investigated criminally depending on the circumstances,&#8221; said Makgale.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Agang SA has welcomed the decision by the police to verify the qualifications of all policemen and women.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;The levels of public trust and confidence in the capabilities of the South African Police Service are so low,&#8221; spokesman Thabo Leshilo said in a statement.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Leshilo said Agang SA urged the police leadership to speed up the probe to verify the qualifications, especially those in leadership positions.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Makgale said the police has dismissed 930 of its members over the past 17 months. &#8211; Sapa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twenty members of the SA Police Service have been suspended in the past two months, the police said on Sunday. &#8220;The actions of the employees were investigated and, based on prima facie evidence, disciplinary action was taken against them,&#8221; spokesman Lt-Gen Solomon Makgale said. 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