Kate Lorimer MPL, DA Gauteng Shadow Member of the Executive Committee (MEC) for Community Safety said the involvement of a former policeman and a reservist in an ATM robbery on 21 February raises concerns.
Yesterday (6 March) she said in a press statement, “Gauteng Community Safety MEC, Sizakele Nkosi-Malobane must explain how expelled police Colonel Innocent Khumalo, and police reservist Lehlohonolo Leeba were at the centre of a bank robbery in Roodepoort. Despite their arrest, this incident raises concerns over the police’s ability to weed out rogue elements operating within the force and the vetting process for new applicants.
“The recently released Victims of Crime Survey has highlighted that there is a serious breakdown in trust between the public and the police. Rogue elements within the service who work in conjunction with criminals undermine the work of honest police members and should be brought to book to face the full force of the law.
“The DA will submit questions to MEC Nkosi-Malobane to ascertain what steps her department is taking to root out corruption and criminality within the service, and how many criminal police members have been identified thus far,” Lorimer concluded
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