Central SA
Thousands of criminal cases against the police─── CATHY DLODLO 10:23 Wed, 30 Dec 2020
A total of 5680 criminal cases involving those who are supposed to uphold the law - police officers and members of Metro Police across the country were reported to the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID).
This is according to the watchdog’s annual report for the 2019/2020 financial year. The report states that the majority of the cases - 3820 - were assault cases.
A further 684 were complaints of discharging of an official firearm. More than 390 cases involved the death of someone due to police action, and 237 cases involved the death of person while in police custody.
Police officers in the Western Cape faced the majority of charges, followed by officers in Gauteng.
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