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Cops not committing more crimes – expert

Ipid staffing shortage blamed for case backlog

Nomazima Nkosi Senior reporter

Crime expert and former head of the Crime Information Analysis Centre, Dr Chris de Kock, says he doesn't believe the backlog in investigations against police officers means they are committing more crimes.

Instead, he said he believed this to rather be a consequence of not having enough staff at the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid)...

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