The conduct of two police officers \u2013 seen on video allegedly assaulting a man in Fish Hoek on Sunday 14 August \u2013 is under investigation. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Provincial police spokesperson Brigadier Novela Potelwa says a senior police official has been appointed to lead the investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cThe management of the police in the Western Cape has appointed a senior police official located at the district level to institute an investigation in terms of the police disciplinary code into the conduct of two police officials captured in a video involved in an altercation with a member of the public. The video is currently doing rounds on various social media platforms,\u201d says Potelwa.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to police\u2019s preliminary findings, the two officers in the video, who are based at Fish Hoek Police Station, responded to a complaint in the area concerning a missing individual. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cWhile criminal investigations into the conduct of police members fall within the ambit of the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID), the police internal investigation will focus on whether the members had flouted any disciplinary prescripts that relate to the conduct of police members,\u201d Potelwa says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n