The Provincial Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS) in KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has applauded a community member who took a video of a police officer who was caught driving negligently along the N3 Highway in Pietermaritzburg.
In what appears to be a cellphone footage doing the rounds on social media, a marked police van could be seen driving at high speed, disregarding the rules of the road and bumping other vehicles in the process. The officer in question, a 35-year-old Sergeant who is stationed at Newcastle K9, was arrested on 13 January 2023 on charges of drunken and negligent driving. Internal disciplinary actions have already been instituted against him and the process is ongoing.
Lieutenant General Mkhwanazi strongly condemned the actions of the Sergeant, who was on duty at the time, and called his behaviour barbaric, unprofessional and uncalled for. He said that there is no space for police officers who disregard the law and become…
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