Metro cop caught red handed taking bribe
After talking to the officer, two other senior Metro police officials joined the MMC, searched the officer and found three crumbled notes, totaling R50 in his pocket.
The officer of 15 years admitted to taking the bribe but begged not to be prosecuted, the MMC explained.
“What disappointed me most was that he was the team leader of about seven new officers who just graduated from college. It was their first day on the job.
“I told him that R50 was not worth his while and that he embarrassed me, the department and his colleagues,” he said.
The officer will now face corruption charges. An internal investigation will be conducted and if he is found guilty, he will not be welcomed in the department again, Sun said.
“If the taxi driver had not driven off so quickly, he would also have been apprehended,” he said.
Sun has been recently praised for putting 29 fire engines that were in repair for months, back on Johannesburg’s roads within a month.
He said that he would stand behind and in front of Metro Police officers, as long as they are doing the right thing.
“But if you are doing the wrong thing, I will be the first one to bring you down.”
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