Two Tshwane Metro Police Officers (TMPD) allegedly demanded a motorist to pay an amount of money to avoid an infringement notice.

The duo, aged 37 and 38, is set to appear in the Randburg Magistrate’s Court on October 27.

It is believed the incident happened in Diepsloot in August 2018.

The Pretoria-based Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation team served the officers with a summons on October 5 for the alleged corruption.

The Hawks spokesperson, Captain Bonnie Nxumalo, said the officers stopped a motorist who was driving a vehicle with an expired license disc.

“It was reportedly discovered that the disc is no longer valid, and the officers threatened the motorist with impoundment.”

Nxumalo said an R1500 gratification was allegedly demanded and paid to the officers.

“The motorist was further issued with an infringement notice.”

The incident was reported to the Diepsloot police and it was transferred to the Hawks for further handling.

Recently, Pretoria Rekord reported that the TMPD is considering rolling out body cameras on officers to deal with allegations of wrongdoing.

The department has been inundated by 255 complaints about their officers this current financial year alone.

Cases being investigated include anything from “cooldrink money” (bribery) to intimidation, robbery, corruption, extortion, and kidnapping, either on- or off-duty.

According to metro police spokesperson Superintendent Isaac Mahamba, poor conduct had led to consultations within the administration to determine the need for security enhancements to improve trust with the local policing force.

Tshwane community safety MMC Grandi Theunissen admitted that he was concerned about the TMPD’s reluctance to bring “rogue” elements among their ranks to heel.

“There is active resistance against measures being put in place to restore discipline, command, control, and ethics within the metro police,” he said.

Recently, an off-duty TMPD officer was arrested for armed robbery in Johannesburg.

“To me, this is another sad confirmation of my suspicion that the TMPD has indeed been infiltrated and infected by some criminal elements,” said Theunissen.