Police Minister Bheki Cele could not explain why so many errant police officers were still employed.
Disciplinary hearings for officers implicated in criminal activity must be urgently overhauled, say police and crime experts.
This after Police Minister Bheki Cele revealed more than 5 000 officers have been arrested since 2019 for an array of serious crimes, with nearly 4 000 of them still being employed by the police.
“A total number of 3 981 out of the 5 489 members are still in the employment of the SAPS,” Cele said in a written parliamentary response to the DA’s deputy spokesperson on police, Okkie Terblanche.
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