The Provincial Commissioner of KwaZulu-Natal Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has instructed that police officers who were seen transporting a learner to a matric dance function using a police vehicle in Estcourt, be temporarily removed from operation pending internal investigation on their conduct.
The officers, as seen in a video which has gone viral on various media platforms and social media, were on duty when they transported the child of a colleague to a matric dance event. In doing so, the members neglected their primary responsibilities of providing much needed police visibility, attending to complaints and keeping residents safe and secured.
“I have instructed the District Commissioner of Uthukela to ensure that the immediate commander of the officers involved must take urgent disciplinary steps against them. We cannot afford to have police officers who report for duty but use state resources for their personal gain. I have further instructed our finance and supply chain management officers to determine the financial loss that the state could have suffered by that unauthorised activity. State petrol, state time and running cost of that vehicle should be claimed from those members. Communities always complain that when they call police stations, they are told that there are no vans, whilst police officers are galavanting with state resources that are meant to serve the communities”, said Lieutenant General Mkhwanazi.
Police are reminded to always be professional and protect the image of the organisation. The limited state resources should only be used for authorised official duties and anyone who is found to be misusing vehicles, stationary or any state property will be met with the wrath of internal police disciplinary processes and a criminal charge which may lead to dismissal.
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