Viewfinder: Nine Key Takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA

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Viewfinder: Nine Key Takeaways: IPID’s cover-up of police brutality in SA By Daneel Knoetze danknoetze

first exposé, published in partnership with Daily Maverick and GroundUp, unpacks whistle-blower reports and combines these with public records, data analysis, insights from IPID insiders and the experiences of victims, to show how and why police officers get away with violent crimes in South Africa.South Africa’s police watchdog is called the Independent Police Investigative Directorate .

IPID has historically been underresourced and undermined. It does not have the budget needed to handle a massive case load. Provincial investigators must travel vast distances to attend crime scenes. According to IPID insiders, police members accused of crimes sabotage IPID investigations, and prosecutors rarely take IPID cases up in court.

In spite of these challenges, IPID has performance targets which are based on the number of quality investigations the institution “completes” in a year.

 

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