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'F*** you black people' - SA police officer
21 Aug 2015 at 06:17hrs | Views
Two female police officers made a brief appearance in the Krugersdorp Magistrates' Courtin South Africa after they were allegedly caught shoplifting in a Vodacom shop at Cradlestone Mall, in Krugersdorp, on the West Rand.
Daily Sun reported that caught by staff members, the two cops aged 42 and 29, apparently tried to steal a headphone set worth R1 000 and a USB modem worth R149 before racially abusing staff members at the shop, Krugersdorp News reported.
A shop assistant, Amanda Chili, said the two women arrived in the store at about 10am on Wednesday.
The one policewoman, a warrant officer who inquired about the different sizes of the USB modems, was later found with one in her possession, while the constable was caught putting headphones into the left-side bottom pocket of her trousers.
Chili said the warrant officer kept trying to distract the staff members with different queries about products and at one point asked for a pen and paper while the constable was stationed at the turntable where the cellphones were on display.
"The fact that the constable kept standing at the table made me very suspicious," Chili explained.
At first when the constable was asked what she was doing, she simply said she was waiting for her friend. She quickly took the headset out of her pocket and threw it in the cabinet where she already disposed of the box.
"After we confronted her she started swearing at us and kept telling us that she is a policewoman and [asked what we were] trying to accuse her of?" Chili explained.
The warrant officer then allegedly told the staff they were not allowed to search them, as they were in uniform.
As the two women were being escorted out of the shop by mall security, the door's alarms went off as soon as the warrant officer went through the sensors.
Another shop assistant, Danisile Xulu, said one of the officers then made racist comments.
"F*** you black people. You are always making a noise. I am coming back for you. I will get you," the constable reportedly shouted at the staff who caught her. They were both taken to the security control room, along with two of the witnesses.
Meanwhile, police spokesperson Captain Doniah Mothutsane said that type of conduct damaged the reputation of SAPS and would not be tolerated.
Daily Sun reported that caught by staff members, the two cops aged 42 and 29, apparently tried to steal a headphone set worth R1 000 and a USB modem worth R149 before racially abusing staff members at the shop, Krugersdorp News reported.
A shop assistant, Amanda Chili, said the two women arrived in the store at about 10am on Wednesday.
The one policewoman, a warrant officer who inquired about the different sizes of the USB modems, was later found with one in her possession, while the constable was caught putting headphones into the left-side bottom pocket of her trousers.
Chili said the warrant officer kept trying to distract the staff members with different queries about products and at one point asked for a pen and paper while the constable was stationed at the turntable where the cellphones were on display.
"The fact that the constable kept standing at the table made me very suspicious," Chili explained.
"After we confronted her she started swearing at us and kept telling us that she is a policewoman and [asked what we were] trying to accuse her of?" Chili explained.
The warrant officer then allegedly told the staff they were not allowed to search them, as they were in uniform.
As the two women were being escorted out of the shop by mall security, the door's alarms went off as soon as the warrant officer went through the sensors.
Another shop assistant, Danisile Xulu, said one of the officers then made racist comments.
"F*** you black people. You are always making a noise. I am coming back for you. I will get you," the constable reportedly shouted at the staff who caught her. They were both taken to the security control room, along with two of the witnesses.
Meanwhile, police spokesperson Captain Doniah Mothutsane said that type of conduct damaged the reputation of SAPS and would not be tolerated.
Source - Daily Sun
