WESTERN CAPE. – Police have launched an internal investigation after a video circulated on social media in which a police officer is alleged to have made inappropriate remarks at the community service centre (CSC) of the Pacaltsdorp police station. The incident has raised concern among police management and a senior police officer from the Garden Route district has been appointed to lead the investigation.
Lieutenant Colonel Christopher Spies, police spokesperson, said the SAPD regards the alleged remarks in a serious light and has a zero-tolerance policy towards unprofessional and inappropriate conduct by members. Appropriate disciplinary steps will follow if misconduct is confirmed by the investigation.
Police have not released further details about the content of the video or the identity of the officer involved.
This article is an automatic English translation of a Nuusflits article originally published in Afrikaans. Read the Afrikaans original.
