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The Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (POPCRU) has called for a proper vetting process for SAPS officers who are responsible for training recruits.
This comes amid reports that several senior officers at police academies have sexually exploited police trainees.
Today, the union will lead a march to the Shorburg Building in Pretoria to advocate for workers’ rights and human dignity within the criminal justice sector.
POPCRU spokesperson Richard Mamabolo says there is an urgent need to review and reform the sexual harassment and misconduct policies within the SAPS.
“Some of these allegations died down without them being resolved, and sometimes people are scared to come out. So, since the recent case has been happening and we have been advocating that people need to come out. We have been getting anonymous calls. And it seems the problem is actually much deeper than we actually thought. So, this is one of the things we will be utilising in order to address this challenge, so that even those who might have been quiet about such challenges do come out, so that we get the systems correct. So that in the future we avoid such incidents from occurring.”
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