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A total of 184 criminal cases have been opened after the Private Security Industry Regulatory Authority (PSiRA) conducted a major clean up operation last week.
Spokesperson Siziwe Zuma says PSiRA recalled staff on lockdown isolation to intensify their raids against suspected "rot" in the private security industry.
She says a total of 171 people were arrested and nine unlawful firearms confiscated.
Zuma says eight of the arrests were Directors of security companies.
In summary:
Criminal cases opened: 184 (3 in the Eastern Cape)
Individual arrests: 163 (2 in the EC of whom one was a supervisor)
Firearms confiscated by SAPS: 9 ( 1 in EC)
Untrained security officers found: 159 (2 in EC)
Unregistered security officers found: 173 (2 in EC)
Security officers not linked to business on PSiRA database: 459 (7 in EC)
Officers found without ID or expired cards: 742 (20 in EC)
Security officers not in possession of Covid-19 essential services permits: 159 (23 in EC)
Number of Directors arrested: 8
The CEO of PSiRA, Sam Chauke, says their attitude is that of a zero-tolerance against misconduct and to fiercely protect an industry so often bedevilled by rogue elements masquerading as Security Officers.
