On Wednesday night at around 11pm, I was walking home from Obs cafe along
Nuttall road (towards Mowbray) and was harassed and illegally searched by
two plain clothes police officers - no sooner had I turned off Trill Road,
right, into Nuttall than a white bakkie pulled up next to me and these tw
Ivan
I have experienced the same thing twice. Once I mad an official complaint
and it was handled by then Station Commander van der Riel and it even cam
down to asking me if I wanted to press charges - which I did not. The
second time I approached the CPF Chair who declined to do anything and I
di
O my word the Police is actually doing something about the drugs in Obs.
If you were harassed then i would suggest you call the Department of
Community Complaints line.They deal with complaints against SAPS.The number
is 021 483 43332.
On Thu, Oct 3, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Trevor Hughes wrote:
> Iva
Actually, SAPS has a right to search anyone they reasonably believe is involved
in criminal activity. If the man in the back of the police van had pointed out
the person walking the streets in Obs as someone he has sold drugs too, the
police had every right to search that person whether or not t
Thanks Justin - I was more or less right - if a policeman wants to search
youthey will - I think they have scant regard for the constituion.
Therefore as the article suggests - never let a policeman into your house
with out a warrant nor let them search you with consent. If they search you
without
I wanted to add that its all good an well for the police to "believe" some
guy in the back of a van - they probably made the story up themselves
anyway. Ever got a policeman to take action like arresting someone who you
point out to them for an actual crime - a crime with a victim - they come
up wi