[This is hideous but true. The Police take weapons which WHITES have handed in and sell them to criminals. The Police are a hideous part of the problem. But I’m telling you… corruption in the Police is not an ACCIDENT… it is there BY DESIGN. I think there is a method whereby Police are “inducted into the REAL SYSTEM” once they’re inside. And don’t tell me the ANC doesn’t want it this way. I’ll bet this is part of their SECRET WAR AGAINST WHITE PEOPLE! They’re terrorists remember? What happens when Terrorists are in charge of Govt, of the Legal system and of the Police? New types of TERRORISM! Jan]

Quote: Africans who run it, claim ignorance as to how on earth it got there in the first place.

Note: Duh!!! They were mis-quoted and/or I misimplied the meaning of criminal intent???

Quote: NSA cops were caught handing out weapons to criminals last year

Note: Them White people set me up… it was entrapment… that’s what it was, or I didn’t have the paper work on their background check done properly. It was Da-Mans Fault da Deval made me do-it!!!

Mr D
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ICD slams Durban Metro Police over guns
Carvin Goldstone
October 24 2006 at 10:38AM

The Durban Metro Police have been given about two months to tighten firearm and ammunition controls, act against criminal elements within the force and take other corrective action.

The directive has come from the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) which investigated the Durban Metro Police Service after reports raised concerns about missing firearms earlier in 2006.

One of the most disturbing issues in a report, released on Monday by the ICD, was its discovery of dangerous military weapons on Metro Police premises.

Apparently the official in control of this assortment of army ammunition and firearms equipment is facing criminal prosecution for firearms-related offences.

‘A worrying security risk’
Those responsible would be dealt with in terms of criminal and disciplinary investigations.

Among other things, the ICD found:
– No inspections of members’ firearms have been conducted by section heads prior to shift duties and also no inspection of ammunition stores;
– A total lack of supervision at the Metro Police firearm workshop which posed “a worrying security risk”;
– No registry is kept on how many reloads are made in the ammunition store;
– ‘They did not have any records of their firearms’ A total lack of control regarding access to ammunition stores and reloading of machines;
– Keys to ammunition stores are in the possession of all officials, which is seen “as a huge security risk”;
– Some members were using private firearms for official duties, which was in direct contrast to standing orders governing the service. This was described as a “dangerous” situation; and
– No explanation for the presence of R1 magazines and .45 pistol ammunition which was not used by DMPS.

ICD National Head Tommy Tshabalala said 128 cases had been opened for firearms belonging to the Metro Police but not in their possession.

Of these, 66 firearms were missing or stolen and the balance were either in the possession of the SAPS or ICD and forming part of ballistic investigations.

There were 16 firearms which appeared on the Central Firearm Registry list but were not found on the Metro Police computerised firearms list.

The city had conducted its own audit of missing firearms and submitted it to the ICD.

“When they submitted their audit we checked it and found they did not have any records of their firearms that we had, so we decided to conduct our own investigation,” he said.

The ICD report said huge challenges had been encountered during the investigation. However, it was pleased to have reached 97 percent of members, who had in the main co-operated.

Tshabalala said the city had conducted its own audit of the remaining three percent and had found there were three firearms which could not be accounted for.

“The two officers implicated had been suspended and the other missing firearm was used in a domestic violence incident,” he said.

In the northern region it found that Metro Police staff did not have sufficient ammunition for their firearms.

In Verulam there were 1 000 pieces of ammunition for different calibre weapons kept in a safe which could not be used for police duties.

In the southern districts ICD officials found no evidence of recording keeping of ammunition. The report said that this was a problem in the whole service.

With regard to ammunition stores, the ICD found 3 000 R1 rifle bullets in sealed boxes and 3 900 .45 pistol bullets, none of which are used by the Metro Police.

The ICD report has made an appeal to the Metro Police’s management to take appropriate steps against its own members who have contravened policies and regulations of the Metro Police and the Firearms Control Act.

Urgent recommendations include:
– The establishment of a standardised duty list;
– Regular audits of firearms for control purposes;
– Keys at firearm safes to be kept by responsible managers;
– Strict control of ammunition store and workshop;
– Police members using private weapons to be issued with official firearms;
– The appointment of a qualified gunsmith;
– Constant liaison with SAPS about missing firearms;
– Investigation into 16 firearms on the Central Firearm Registry but not on the Metro Police registry; and
– Prosecution of people responsible for the acquisition of ammunition of firearms not used by the Metro Police.

The Central Firearm Registry has been given two months to investigate the 16 missing firearms.

Metro Police Head Eugene Nzama could not be reached for comment.

Durban City Manager Mike Sutcliffe said he did not know what the ICD had published because he only heard on Monday morning that it would be releasing its report on Tuesday.

“The city was given no forewarning of this and I find that rather strange as their report has a number of factual errors and, more importantly, does not contain any explanations from the city for the claims they have made,” he said.

Sutcliffe said the document given to him by the ICD was marked “secret” but this so-called “secret” report had now become public.

“While many of the recommendations provided by the ICD have already been implemented by the city, the ICD report itself cannot be read in a stand-alone way,” he said.

The DA’s John Steenhuisen said the report confirmed concerns that had simply been dismissed by Nzama as “political noise without substance”.

This report had conclusively proved him wrong.

He said: “In any properly functioning democracy he (Nzama) would be forced to resign.”

This article was originally published on page 1 of The Mercury on October 24, 2006

Source: The Mercury
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