# The DA has condemned die police after a gang-linked officer caught transporting drugs in a police vehicle received only a two-month suspension. The DA’s Nicholas Gotsell claims Western Cape police commissioner Thembisile Patekile approved the reduced sanction, despite a tribunal recommending dismissal. Gotsell calls for a full overhaul of police disciplinary rules and will submit parliamentary questions to expose all reduced sanctions under Patekile’s tenure. He says that this undermines public trust and emboldens corruption within the police.
DA condemns SAPS for shielding gang-linked officer with minimal suspension