The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has arrested yet another police officer for allegedly firing shots with her service pistol and attempting to murder her boyfriend in the Freestate this week.
IPID national spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the police constable had allegedly attempted to murder her boyfriend on Tuesday 11 May 2021 in Ficksburg.
“It is alleged that the 31-year-old police constable stationed at Ficksburg Police Station was on duty driving with her colleague when her boyfriend stopped by their vehicle to speak to his police constable girlfriend,” Cola said.
Cola said it had been alleged that the police constable’s boyfriend had then approached the police vehicle to speak to her crew.
This explodes any notion that the country’s police watchdog is able to exercise ‘independent’ police oversight in South Africa, an investigation reveals.
Policewoman who allegedly tried to murder âcheatingâ boyfriend arrested
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Johannesburg: The Independent Police Investigative Directorate has arrested a Free State policewoman who allegedly tried to murder her boyfriend on Tuesday.
The Ficksburg Police Station-based 31-year-old policewoman, who is a constable by rank, was arrested on Wednesday.
It is alleged that the police officer was on duty, traveling with a colleague, when her boyfriend stopped by their police vehicle to speak to the policewoman.
It is alleged that the policewoman confronted the boyfriend about cheating.
Ipid spokesperson Ndileka Cola said: âAs alleged, the boyfriend went to the police vehicle which the girlfriend was in to speak to her crew.
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IPID also arrested another constable for allegedly shooting and injuring his girlfriend.
Both will appear in court on Thursday.
The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) arrested a police officer on Wednesday for the attempted murder of her partner.
IPID spokesperson Ndileka Cola said the constable, 31, stationed at Ficksburg Police Station in Free State, was on duty, driving with her colleague, when the boyfriend stopped by the vehicle to speak to her. While he was there, the girlfriend went to her boyfriend s vehicle and checked his cellphone. It is alleged that the officer then went to her boyfriend and confronted him for cheating on her. As they argued, she allegedly took out her official firearm and fired shots in the direction of her boyfriend, but missed him.
The use of water cannon by police on a Sassa grants queue in Bellville in January, and Ipid’s investigation results, illustrate the urgency with which we must move to develop a comprehensive legal instrument on the use of force. We need a law that will embody the universally recognised princi.