{"id":238838,"date":"2022-10-03T09:38:12","date_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:38:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/policeman-faces-disciplinary-hearing-over-viral-video\/"},"modified":"2022-10-03T09:38:12","modified_gmt":"2022-10-03T07:38:12","slug":"policeman-faces-disciplinary-hearing-over-viral-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/policeman-faces-disciplinary-hearing-over-viral-video\/","title":{"rendered":"Policeman faces disciplinary hearing over viral video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sanews.gov.za\/sites\/default\/files\/2012\/images\/newsstorytemplate\/202210\/police66.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p>The management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has instituted a departmental investigation into the conduct of a police constable, following an incident captured in a video clip that is circulating on social media.<\/p>\n<p>National SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Athlenda Mathe, said according to preliminary reports, the member &#8211; who is attached to the police\u2019s&nbsp;Rapid Railway Unit (RRU) &#8211; reported for duty on Saturday morning, 1 October 2022, under the influence of liquor.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing, Mathe said, would be in line with the&nbsp;SAPS 2016 Disciplinary Regulations. She said the commander immediately booked the constable off duty, based on his condition.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe member was also immediately disarmed and sent back home.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was later discovered that the constable proceeded on his own accord to Orlando Stadium in Soweto, and gained access to the stadium, after which he can be seen in a video clip, dancing on the soccer pitch,\u201d Mathe said.<\/p>\n<p>She said the status and dignity of the SAPS badge and uniform must at all times be safeguarded and protected with pride, especially by police officers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTherefore, the management of SAPS views the unbecoming behaviour of the said member in a very serious light. SAPS will not hesitate to act against its own when found to be on the wrong side of the law,\u201d she said.&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<strong>SAnews.gov.za<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The management of the South African Police Service (SAPS) has instituted a departmental investigation into the conduct of a police constable, following an incident captured in a video clip that is circulating on social media. National SAPS spokesperson, Colonel Athlenda Mathe, said according to preliminary reports, the member &#8211; who is attached to the police\u2019s&nbsp;Rapid [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":238839,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[38678],"class_list":{"0":"post-238838","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-south-africa","8":"tag-sanews","9":"entry"},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/policeman-faces-disciplinary-hearing-over-viral-video.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238838","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=238838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/238838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/238839"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=238838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=238838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=238838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}