Drunk police officer passed out behind the wheel!
Pietermaritzburg Police Services were left ‘red-faced’ after a drunk police officer was found passed out behind the wheel of a police vehicle. The drunk police officer was found and photographed – passed out, with a half empty bottle of Savannah between his legs.
The photos were uploaded this past weekend and have generated a large engagement on social media platforms. The photos were taken by Ben Heydenrych at around 08:00 in the morning. He was en route to his son’s local school to drop him off, when he noticed something strange.
“I was on my way to drop my son for a sport event. We passed the vehicle in Scottsville along the roadside and noticed that the van lights were flashing. The window was open and I could see a head through the window. I reversed and shouted loudly three or four times. After I didn’t receive a response I climbed out of my vehicle and approached the van. I thought that he could have been dead or even shot himself. When I got close the passenger door was open and I could see a Savannah bottle that was one-third full, between his legs. I immediately called the police and they said they would send officers to the scene,” he said.
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He has been identified as a constable from the pictures uploaded – which portrayed the officer slumped over in the driver’s seat, head leaning out the window.
Two other men reportedly approached the vehicle and began to forcibly wake the drunk police officer up.
“I thought they were going to beat him to death. The police officer only woke up when one of the men took the Savannah from between his legs and splashed it on his face.”
Worried for the safety of his son, he drove up the road and stopped a short distance away – to keep watching the scene.
Clearly in no state to drive, the allegedly drunk police officer started the car and drove off.
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“You get good policemen and you get bad policemen, but this is just ridiculous. For someone to be drunk at that part of the morning and be in that condition and parked off like that as a policeman, in a police vehicle, you would have to be partying right through the night. Policemen are supposed to serve and protect. One of the two men could have easily taken his firearm and shot him,” Heydenrych added.
Pietermaritzburg’s police communications officer Mthokozisi Ngobese said he had informed the Mid-Illovo station commander, where the allegedly drunk police officer is based, who was dealing with the matter.
“The member will be charged departmentally. Such behaviour is unacceptable and cannot be tolerated as it brings the image of the organisation into disrepute,” said Pietermaritzburg’s police communications officer Mthokozisi Ngobese.
“This police officer had a firearm on his hip. Anyone could have reached in and grabbed it. This officer must face a major disciplinary hearing. He is in charge of a firearm; he is in charge of you and me. Can you imagine if he had had to pull a citizen over, what could have happened?” said Democratic Alliance MP Dianne Kohler Barnard
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It seems that this isn’t an isolated case – reports over the last few years have revealed similar, if not worse behaviour from various drunk police officers across the country.
Source: News24