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eNCA
28-07-2025
- Politics
- eNCA
Survey shows aggressive policing not inspiring trust
JOHANNESBURG - A recent Human Sciences Research Council survey shows that public trust in the police is at an all time low. READ: Violence in schools blamed on inadequate police visibility I t also reveals that aggressive policing is not inspiring the public's trust. Others refer to aggressive policing as zero tolerance, which involves a high degree of police presence and proactive interventions. Dr Ben Roberts, Research Director in the Developmental, Capable and Ethical State research division at the Human Sciences Research Council discussed this with eNCA.
eNCA
15-07-2025
- Politics
- eNCA
Changing patterns of trust in the police
SAPS cars are seen during an inspections on spaza shops in Naledi, Soweto. AFP/Shiraaz Mohamed JOHANNESBURG - Public trust in the police has taken a serious knock, and the latest data confirms it. A new study by the Human Sciences Research Council shows that most South Africans have never had much trust in the police, with the little they had declining steadily over the past two decades. And now the SA Police Service faces serious questions about integrity, following explosive allegations linking senior officials to crime syndicates. Dr Benjamin Roberts, research director of its Developmental, Capable and Ethical State division, said there's been a general decline in trust.
