Kabokweni- The impact of corrupt law enforcers on road safety is enormous, taking into consideration the number of crashes that occur on the road.
Therefore those who are suspected of any mischief in traffic law enforcement should be immediately dealt with once indentified if the government is to succeed in bringing down road crashes.
This is according to Mpumalanga Community Safety, Security and Liaison MEC Vusi Shongwe after the suspension of two traffic officers yesterday.
The Kabokweni based officers’ suspension follow their arrest by the Hawks last week on the allegations of fraud and corruption and defeating the ends of justice.
It is believed that the officers may have been taking monies from some motorists during one of the operations that the department conducted last week.
The officers have already appeared in Nelspruit Magistrate Court on 24 December 2015 and they were granted bail of R1500 each.
The MEC has welcomed the pair’s arrest saying that the allegations against them should be thoroughly investigated.
“We should not allow corruption because if we do, we will be nullifying the efforts that other hardworking traffic officers are doing to ensure that there is effective law enforcement on the road.
We cannot allow some few individuals with low levels of integrity to tarnish the image of our dedicated officers,” Shongwe said.
He has further called on the traffic officers to continue working hard despite the arrests of their colleagues. Shongwe called on the community members not to bribe law enforcers but to instead report anyone fraud or corruption to the police so that appropriate action is taken against any wrong doing.
