ABUSE of authority, bribery, sextortion and moonlighting as bodyguards for drug dealers are some of the allegations being investigated against the police.
Melusi Ncala, acting lead co-ordinator for stakeholder relations and campaigns of Corruption Watch, said 10% of the cases reported to them were related to corrupt police officers in the country.
The organisation monitors and exposes acts of corruption.
He said the types of reported cases against police included abuse of authority, bribery, sextortion and extortion, with most of the complaints received from Gauteng, followed by KwaZulu-Natal and the Western Cape.
“The predominant cases coming through are petty forms of corruption mainly on street level, at roadblocks and when people try