misconduct

Six police officers were involved in a WhatsApp group involving jokes about murder victims and where messages "read like a grotesque carnival of discrimination and abuse", a misconduct hearing was told.

Military spokesman Col Bernard Masala Mlunga said such information was being posted by individuals "claiming military affiliation or are former members dismissed for misconduct or political activism".

“The alleged misconduct, if true, undermines the integrity of our justice system and the voices of survivors who depend on it,” Wells wrote.

The alleged misconduct began in September 2024, when Tabet and her fellow board members voted to approve a contract with Specialized Support Services to complete a two-year backlog of meeting minutes.

"We have given police chiefs the powers to automatically sack officers who fail background checks and dismiss those guilty of gross misconduct, and we expect them to be used," she said.