Well, what else could they say? The day after the story hit the press about 830 KwaZulu-Natal province cops being under investigation, the ICD came back with a BIG denial - well not quite a denial, but they seem to be determined to boost the crooked cop numbers - they have launched an investigation into their own department.
In this morning's M&G - headlined ICD orders probe into "so called statistics leak", Patrick Mongwe, ICD Acting director said that statistics could not be released without being "audited and verified" - I read that as the well known "spin-and-cook."
The release of figures showing that 830 KwaZulu-Natal law enforcement officers were under investigation would be probed, the Independent Complaints Directorate boss announced on Thursday.
Patrick Mongwe, the ICD's acting executive director, said: "The statistics must come from here [the head office]. There are policies within the department."
He said that statistics could not be released with out having been "audited and verified".
"I have initiated an investigation and who has released those figures must be held to account," he said.
Well well so let's see what comes out in the wash - if they catch the culprit, maybe the number of cops under investigation will climb to over 830!
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