Doorless car: Mkhwanazi calls for disciplinary action against cop in viral video
KwaZulu-Natal police commissioner Lieutenant General Nhlanhla Mkhwanazi has ordered that disciplinary steps be taken against a police officer who was captured on a viral video driving a doorless marked police car.
The video was taken on Sunday, 1 June, as the police vehicle was involved in an accident in the Durban North policing precincts where it collided with a minibus taxi.
According to the police, the driver at the time of the accident was a female Warrant Officer who was trapped inside the vehicle, and the door had to be removed to rescue her.
KZN police spokesperson Colonel Robert Netshiunda said without the door, although in a drivable condition, the vehicle should have been towed back to the police station.
'Instead of following prescribed procedures, another driver, also a Warrant Officer, drove the vehicle to the station, endangering his life and putting the name and the image of the SAPS into disrepute,' he said.
Netshiunda said that although the doorless car was being escorted by another blue-light vehicle, which the video does not show, the fact remains that the car was not supposed to be driven in such an unroadworthy condition.
Condemning the police officer, Mkhwanazi said they are working so hard to protect the image of the police in the province of KwaZulu-Natal and are doing their best to regain public trust.
Mkhwanazi said the management of police in KwaZulu-Natal will not allow anyone to tarnish the image by disregarding regulations and procedures.
'The member who was driving the vehicle, the officer who gave such an unlawful instruction for the vehicle to be driven and anyone else who was involved in the decision to have that vehicle driven in that condition will be subjected to internal disciplinary processes.
'We shall never allow anyone to undo the positive impact that police have been making to create a safe and secure environment for all the people in the province of KwaZulu-Natal,' he added.
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