Simon Nare
Acting Police Minister Firoz Cachalia has laid down the law and urged officers to be deployed to the June 30 demonstrations over illegal immigration to act decisively where the law is broken while carrying out their duties and treat everyone with dignity and respect.
“Exercise your powers fairly and impartially. Do not be provoked into conduct that undermines the badge you wear or the oath you have taken. Equally, do not hesitate to act decisively where the law is broken,” he told thousands of officers at the parade in Durban ahead of deployment.
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Cachalia reminded the officers that their role was not to take sides but to uphold the Constitution, enforce the law without fear, favour, or prejudice, while ensuring that public order was maintained.
The minister’s call came as reports of
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