EPR officer arrested, fined R1 000
Women's month roadblock turns ugly as EPR reaction officer allegedly resists arrest.
An EPR Reaction Officer was arrested and issued a hefty R1 000 fine for allegedly resisting arrest by local traffic police earlier today.
The EPR reaction officer, known to the herald, found himself on the wrong side of the law this morning after allegedly avoiding a Women’s Month Roadblock initiated by Randfontein’s female traffic officers near the Spur in Greenhills.
As the officer made a- U-turn, traffic police then gave chase where things got heated up at the Sasol garage on Kenneth Road.
“The man spotted us conducting our road block and decided to make a U-turn. We became suspicious of this and decided to follow him and gave chase,” Randfontein’s traffic officer Mapule Leeuw said.
“We fortunately managed to stop him at the petrol station in question and that’s when the man decided to give us a tough time. It turns out that he also did not have his driver’s license in his possession.”
According to Leeuw, “While trying to issue him with a fine for this, the EPR officer got rowdy and even threatened them. This then prompted his arrest. This man really is no stranger to the law. Just two weeks ago, we caught him driving without an authorized number plate and we fined him for this.
“His number plate did not correspond with his license disc so we had to confiscate it and now he is driving without a driver’s license and tried to intimidate us. We as female officers will not be intimidated by such behaviour from any man and we will continue doing our job,” says Leeuw who also added that the man was slapped with a R1 000 fine.
Both cars referred to in the article are said not to be those of EPR.
Meanwhile, upon the herald’s arrival on scene a journalist attempted to approach the officer for comment but he refused.
Updates:
EPR officer denies being in the wrong
Hoekom noem julle die heeltyd EPR as die persoon nie eers in Epr uniform of kar is nie.Nee lyk of die Herald eerder sensasie soek! En Randfontein verkeer se vroulike beamptes skiet vêr te kort met goeie maniere en opleiding.
Firstly I don’t know where you get your information from???? I don’t see any uniformed officer of EPR in their vehicle? Seems like a regular T-shirt…. secondly where is the EPR vehicle???? What a load of bullshit!
Do we even know if this person was on duty?? As per the previous comments, he was wearing a t-shirt and not a EPR uniform, so as far as my knowledge goes he was off duty??? Why involve EPR in a personal matter???? Seems to me its more about the sensation then the truth. . . I am highly dissapointed!!!
Die Herald het defnitief n laagte punt bereik. Lyk my die dae van ware joernalistiek en ware nuuswaardige berigte is verby. Waar is joernaliste soos Zerelda wat feite en ware nuus berigte geskryf het. Nee lyk my julle wil nou in die Sondagkoerant ontaard. Ek gaan bang wees dat my kind julle koerant lees en op bl 3 kyk.
The herald referred to the person in question as an EPR employee because he identified himself as such within earshot of the journalist and a number of traffic officers at the scene. The traffic officers confirmed it to the herald — Editor