Members of private security direct pupils and traffic after the EP Baumann school in Mayfair was closed when a schoolgirl was kidnapped in November 2021. File photo.At least six police officers in Gauteng have been arrested on charges related to kidnappings.
According to Cele, it was only Gauteng that had police as criminal suspects in cases of kidnappings dated from 2019 to 2021. Four were SAPS members, and the other two officers were part of the metro police. And two other SAPS members are due to appear for trial next month for suspected involvement in kidnappings in Bramley, Parkview and Rosebank.
“Private security companies form part of the multidisciplinary operational approach, which was adopted for the tracking and tracing of kidnappers and the rescuing of victims, in collaboration with the SAPS,” said Cele.
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