Crime intelligence personnel will be moved to regular policing clusters, in a move that could be seen as the dismantling of the unit.New acting head of crime intelligence major general Patrick Mokushane announced in a meeting at the police college in Pretoria West on Wednesday, that all personnel stationed at the crime intelligence headquarters in Pretoria, must indicate by 4pm on Monday to which provinces they want to be moved.The announcement of the plan to crime intelligence personnel seemingly comes in the same week as Mokushane was appointed to the position in an acting capacity, following years of turmoil in the unit, which has not had a permanent head since Lt Gen Richard Mdluli was suspended.The announcement on Mokushane’s appointment has not been made, but he signed a letter as acting divisional commissioner of crime intelligence that was sent out on Thursday to all component and section heads in crime intelligence.Mokushane says in the letter that the management of the Sou...
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