Sobering questions after arrests for drunk driving

ANTI-CRIME activist Yusuf Abramjee has raised significant concerns about the integrity of criminal justice system officials involved in unlawful activities.

- THOBEKA NGEMA

Abramjee's remarks come on the heels of recent arrests implicating two police officers and a public prosecutor for drunk driving over the weekend in KwaZulu-Natal.

A Port Edward SAPS policeman was arrested with an alcohol content of 1.05 mg/l, which was six times over the legal limit, and a Southport SAPS policewoman was arrested with an alcohol content of 0.85 mg/l, which is four times over the legal limit. A female public prosecutor was also arrested with a reading of 0.83mg/l.

The arrests were part of the KZN Department of Transport's battle against drinking and driving.

Abramjee said: "The fact that law enforcement officers, who are meant to uphold and enforce the law, are themselves found breaching those very laws, is profoundly troubling. Individuals in law enforcement positions must epitomise the laws they are entrusted to enforce. The behaviour by the two police officers not only contravenes the law but also undermines the moral and ethical standards expected of them.