Use of rubber bullets in crowd management slated
Apr 04, 2021
3 minutes
MANYANE MANYANE manyane.manyane@inl.co.za
Dumisani Sibeko
A PANEL of experts reporting into policing and crowd management in South Africa has recommended that public order policing (POP) should fall under one command centre to help avoid the use of rubber bullets, teargas and stun grenades to deal with protesters.
“POP units should fall under one command at a national level so they all form part of the national public order policing unit that is provided for in section 17 of the SAPS Act (No 68 of 1995).
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