The Independent Police Investigative Directorate (IPID) has noted the various incorrect figures of deaths in police custody and deaths as a result of police action being bandied about in the media.
The last Annual Report of the Independent Complaints Directorate (ICD) indicated that there were seven hundred and twenty (720) incidents of deaths in police custody and deaths as a result of police action in the financial year 2011/12. This was a decrease of 10 percent compared to 2010/11.
Thirty-two percent (232 cases) of all deaths were deaths in police custody and sixty-eight percent (488 cases) were deaths as a result of police action.
Although these numbers are still unacceptably high, they have come down considerably over the last four years.
For enquiries:
Moses Dlamini, IPID National Spokesman
Cell: 082 809 1927
