FIGHTING CRIME: INTERVIEW: NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER JACKIE SELEBI re: Police brutality & corruption, torture, racism, affirmative action

Record ID: 880928

  • Title: FIGHTING CRIME: INTERVIEW: NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER JACKIE SELEBI re: Police brutality & corruption, torture, racism, affirmative action
  • Date: 7th September 2000
  • Summary: FIGHTING CRIME: INTERVIEW: NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER JACKIE SELEBI re: Police brutality & corruption, torture, racism, affirmative action
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  • City: Pretoria
  • Country: South Africa
  • Reuters ID: 00SEP07R02
  • Story Text:FIGHTING CRIME:

    INTERVIEW:

    NATIONAL POLICE COMMISSIONER JACKIE SELEBI re: Police brutality & corruption, torture, racism, affirmative action

    02.00.45 SECTION 6 - KEEP FOR 6 MONTHS IN SOLITARY CONFINEMENT - HAVE NOW 48 HOURS - I HAVE BEEN ARRESTED SEVERAL TIMES - THEY WERE VERY VIOLENT TORTURE - WE CAN NEVER WANT TO REVISIT WHAT WE HAVE EXPERIENCED
    02.01.59 I KNOW WHAT IT IS TO BE MADE WITHOUT SLEEP FOR 14 DAYS - AS MUCH AS IT DEHUMANISED US IT ALSO DEHUMANISED THOSE WHO INTERROGATED US - SOME OF THE PEOPLE WHO USED TO DO THAT STILL REMAIN IN THE POLICE - WE NOW HAVE TO WORK TOGETHER - POLICE BRUTALITY ISOLATED INCIDENTS
    02.04.16 CATCHING SERIAL KILLERS - SAPS VERY GOOD RECORD
    02.05.10 WE MUST HAVE A THINKING POLICE SERVICE - NOT A SERVICE THAT REACTS ON THE BASIS OF THE POWERS THAT HAVE BEEN BESTOWED ON THE CONSTITUTION
    02.05.24 DEVELOPED GOOD DETECTIVE NETWORK & FORENSIC DEPARTMENT - INTEGRATED APPROACH TOWARDS COMBATTING CRIME
    02.10.47 RACISM - TRANSFORMATION
    02.12.14 TRAINED 5000 DETECTIVES - INTELLIGENCE - CAREER MANAGEMENT & PATHS - EMPOWERING PEOPLE FOR PURPOSES FOR BETTER MANAGEMENT & EFFECIENCY - ADDRESSING ISSUES OF EQUALITY
    02.13.38 HAVE 2 DIVISIONAL COMMISIONERS THAT ARE WOMEN - OPPORTUNITIES AVAILABLE
    02.14.39 IF GOVERNMENT HAD ASKED ME TO BECOME NATIONAL COMMISSIONER OF POLICE SIMPLY ON THE BASIS OF THE COLOUR OF MY SKIN, I WOULD HAVE REGARDED IT AS AN INSULT - IT SHOULD BE ON THE BASIS OF MY CAPABILITIES
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