The SAPS has admitted nearly 400 of its members are implicated in corruption. It made the announcement during a virtual parliamentary briefing on Tuesday.
It has told the Standing Committee on Public Accounts that the majority of offenders are low-ranking officials.
National Police Commissioner Khehla Sitole said there are processes within the SAPS that ensure corrupt officers are brought to book. There are other underlying factors which precede the process of a person becoming an officer,” Sitole said.
“The first one is the existence of a succession plan which the South African Police Service did not necessarily have it formally but we have now formally introduced it, I think, two years ago.
South African Police Service says 397 corruption cases are being investigated against its members #Parliament #crimemustfall
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“The succession plan has a short-term and a long-term succession plan but what assists the most is the long-term succession plan because members are taken through leadership growth and leadership principals.
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