O’Sullivan goes after “corrupt” cop appointments

With Police Minister Senzo Mchunu having ordered a halt to the filling of vacant posts at Crime Intelligence, Forensics for Justice founder Paul O’Sullivan is fighting the “parachuted” appointment two months ago of a 29-year-old brigadier who allegedly has no police training or experience, no driver’s license, no firearms training, no specialised skills - and no Security Clearance.  O’Sullivan has given the Brigadier 14 days to produce all documentation relating to her appointment, including the names of those that facilitated it; resign; and hand back all payments - or face charges “to expose the criminal that appointed you”. O’Sullivan says big portions of the police remain captured because the Zondo Commission did not investigate a large number of appointments of individuals with high rank who are not fit and proper to be in those positions. O’Sullivan calls for an internal Commission of Inquiry into “the very many senior appointments that have been unlawfully made” over the last 10 years. “If the person that's appointed as Commissioner of Police in 2025 is an ethical person, I will gladly render service free of charge in saying, listen here, this is the research that we've done, here's a good starting block for you because we've got a number of senior police officials that need to be chased away - and the sooner they're chased away, the better.”

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