Top cop blocks CPF oversight on SAPS

The Gauteng Provincial Police Commissioner, Lieut General Lesetja Mothiba, has suspended the oversight functions of all CPFs in the province.

Stock image.

In a letter addressed to all station and cluster commanders in Gauteng, the commissioner states that until such time that the National Police Commissioner instructs otherwise, his office “will not permit any oversight role by the CPFs at any police station within the Gauteng province.”

Mothiba said his office took note of the decision that the CPFs must be involved in oversights visits to all police station as discussed by the MEC of Community Safety at the Quarterly Review Session (QRS) with the Department of Community Safety.

Read the full story on the Boksburg Advertiser website by clicking here.