TimesLIVE reports that over the past three years, 799 Western Cape police officers were investigated for breaching policies around the use of state vehicles. Their alleged transgressions ranged from drunken driving to using the vehicles for private use.

This information was contained in a parliamentary reply to the Democratic Alliance (DA’s) Western Cape spokesperson on community safety, Reagen Allen. The replies were given by Western Cape community safety MEC Albert Theo Fritz. “A reply to my parliamentary question reveals that on average, for the last three years, 266 SA Police Service members have transgressed the policy on the use of official vehicles. This is the average per year between 2018 and 2021, in just the Western Cape,” Allen indicated. In 2018, 309 SAPS members were investigated for such incidents. There were 261 in 2019 and 229 in 2020. The SA Police Service also revealed that during these three years at least 30 of their police officers in the Western Cape had been found to be driving under the influence of alcohol; 117 had been found using police cars without authority; 24 officers had been found to have misused state vehicles; 321 officers had been investigated for reckless and negligent driving; while 246 had collected traffic violation infringements.

• Read the full original of the report in the above regard by Naledi Shange at TimesLIVE
• Read too, Staggering number of Western Cape cops being investigated for misuse of state vehicles, at Weekend Argus

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