Tzaneen Community Policing Forum member in court for impersonating police officer
The suspect allegedly demanded a bribe while attending to an assault complaint, claiming to be a member of the local Public Order Police unit.
A member of Community Policing Forum, Tshepo Patrick Ramafalo, appeared in the Giyani Magistrate’s Court for impersonating a police officer.
A Community Policing Forum (CPF) member appeared in the Giyani Magistrate’s Court in connection with impersonating a police officer on Friday.
34-year-old Tshepo Patrick Ramafalo was denied bail and his case was postponed to this Friday pending further investigation, reports Letaba Herald.
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Hawks spokesperson, Captain Matimba Maluleke said the suspect was arrested in Giyani by the Hawks’ Serious Corruption Investigation Unit members for allegedly impersonating a police officer.
It is alleged that the suspect attended to a complaint of assault and instead of escalating the matter to the police, he contacted the alleged perpetrator, identifying himself as a member of the local Public Order Police Unit.
He allegedly demanded R3 000 in order not to register a case docket of assault against him.
The perpetrator in the assault case alerted the Hawks who swiftly arrested the suspect after he received the bribe.
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