CARMEL RICKARD: Handcuffed by their own ignorance
A recent appeal court case suggests a gap in the training of SA’s police officers and clarifies the discretion they have when it comes to matters of detention
30 June 2022 - 05:00
The two police constables who arrested Avril Diljan for damaging a neighbour’s carport could not have suspected that they would end up at the centre of a significant civil case.
The case itself seemed relatively minor: Diljan was accused of damaging the carport by throwing rubbish and stones on it from her first-floor apartment...
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