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Hijacked last night
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Deon Snyman
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Eish, that hurts, glad you'll ok
Major
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It's sad that the first thing one should do when they're hit by the blue lights is to second-guess whether they're actually dealing with cops. You all say you should head to the nearest garage/police station/public area when this happens, but if you're dealing with real cops then I really don't see how they'd react well if you don't immediately pull over and stop. I've dealt with cops having a bad day, and if I didn't pull over immediately when I did I'm pretty damn sure I would've had my ass beat when I eventually stopped.
Sorry Bud. Been down this road. Know how you feel.
M3_e36
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An SAPS task force established to probe so-called "blue light" hijacking syndicates linked to police officers has been shut down, according to a report in The Times on Tuesday.
Last week, the 40-strong team was reportedly told to stop all investigations, just days before it was expected to carry out a number of big raids.
Officers were reportedly instructed to hand over information gathered during their investigations.
General Mzwandile Petros, Gauteng's police commissioner, told The Times that there was nothing untoward about the move, adding that such SAPS task teams were "never permanent".
"Nothing has been disbanded. [The task teams] depend on crime trends and we deploy our members accordingly and where our strategies dictate. I am comfortable with the progress made in this investigation and any movement of members is part of a new strategy and change of tactics," Petros said.
But an anonymous officer disagreed.
"There is a lot of rot in our ranks. Some of our own members are involved [in the blue light syndicates]. We know them but we cannot do anything because we need to catch them in the act," the officer told The Times.
"We have been given no reasons why we were shut down. All we were told was to stop everything, including gathering information on planned attacks, and locations of safe houses and weapons."
According to the newspaper, the team was ordered to "take out" members of the blue light syndicate.
"We were given these orders and then 48 hours later we were shut down. We were told to take two days off and then report back to our units," a policeman told The Times.
"It is clear we were doing our job just a little too well. We were about to carry out several raids, which were going to net the kingpins, including police officers."We had good successes. In three weeks, we arrested 38 suspects, recovered 34 hijacked cars, five firearms, R200 000 in cash, R200 000 worth of drugs and killed two suspects," he told the newspaper.
"It is clear someone is looking out for the wrong people's interests
Last week, the 40-strong team was reportedly told to stop all investigations, just days before it was expected to carry out a number of big raids.
Officers were reportedly instructed to hand over information gathered during their investigations.
General Mzwandile Petros, Gauteng's police commissioner, told The Times that there was nothing untoward about the move, adding that such SAPS task teams were "never permanent".
"Nothing has been disbanded. [The task teams] depend on crime trends and we deploy our members accordingly and where our strategies dictate. I am comfortable with the progress made in this investigation and any movement of members is part of a new strategy and change of tactics," Petros said.
But an anonymous officer disagreed.
"There is a lot of rot in our ranks. Some of our own members are involved [in the blue light syndicates]. We know them but we cannot do anything because we need to catch them in the act," the officer told The Times.
"We have been given no reasons why we were shut down. All we were told was to stop everything, including gathering information on planned attacks, and locations of safe houses and weapons."
According to the newspaper, the team was ordered to "take out" members of the blue light syndicate.
"We were given these orders and then 48 hours later we were shut down. We were told to take two days off and then report back to our units," a policeman told The Times.
"It is clear we were doing our job just a little too well. We were about to carry out several raids, which were going to net the kingpins, including police officers."We had good successes. In three weeks, we arrested 38 suspects, recovered 34 hijacked cars, five firearms, R200 000 in cash, R200 000 worth of drugs and killed two suspects," he told the newspaper.
"It is clear someone is looking out for the wrong people's interests
griffen
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calypso said:
I was once chased and asked to pull over in my ex super boss but a white E90 325i
Just didnt seem right to me windows where tinted and it was late, so I went for it, guy chased for for about 1 km then I got away.
I phoned the nearest police station and they said there are no unmarked vehicle by that description.
We live in Africa, trust your instincts guys if it dont feel right and you can get away then rather do it and call 10111, I wonder if one can call ADT if u a customer I think you can?
Sorry to hear about this it really sucks!
Romeo E.T. said:
In which area do you stay, this is no way to live.
I dont think its this bad in CT yet but I am always aware as well, because I grew up in a dodgy area
Major said:
I dont think cops will shoot at you if you do not pull over, unless its not cops or cops they are criminals. I guess one needs to way up the options, if they in a faster car than me(I know you get sleeper cars eg mk1 turbos and stuff) I will not pull over unless I absolutely have to. Even at the illegal racing they wouldnt shoot at u if u drove off they would chase you.
I dont care if they are legit cops or not, If I did nothing wrong and its late or suspicious, why would a cop just pull you over for no reason at night?
so if you guys hear of a high speed chase in CT and its a Blue E36m or a Corsa that be me, when I see 10 cop cars and a SAPS helicopter then I will pull over. I am sure one could explain this in court?
Sabretooth tiger
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main officials of government is corrupt, what chance do we have?
Sabretooth tiger
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that's excellent news
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Dippies
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Skiet die Bliksims seeing as it is COISMANS B-DAY
