{"id":40312,"date":"2025-11-01T14:57:54","date_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:57:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/?p=40312"},"modified":"2025-11-01T14:57:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-01T14:57:54","slug":"tensions-between-jmpd-saps-following-arrests-of-members-a-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/2025\/11\/01\/tensions-between-jmpd-saps-following-arrests-of-members-a-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Calls grow for SAPS and JMPD to resolve operational disputes &#8211; SABC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>In an unprecedented move, officers from both law enforcement agencies arrested each other\u2019s members last month while carrying out policing work in Gauteng. This has brought into question the recently concluded memorandum of understanding between various local, provincial and national policing units to work together beyond areas of jurisdiction.<\/p>\n<p>On the 17th of September, seven JMPD officers were arrested by SAPS whilst carrying out an operation in Bekkersdal, West of Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>Five days later, JMPD officers arrested seven members of the SAPS on suspicion of kidnapping and extorting a suspected illegal miner.\u00a0These latest arrests have not only raised eyebrows but also concerns that they could strain relations between the two law enforcement agencies.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MEDIA STATEMENT<br \/>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE<\/p>\n<p>Date: 22 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>SEVEN SAPS OFFICERS ARRESTED BY JMPD TACTICAL REACTION UNIT FOR EXTORTION AND KIDNAPPING<\/p>\n<p>The Johannesburg Metropolitan Police Department (JMPD) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JoburgMPD?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">@JoburgMPD<\/a> Tactical Reaction Unit (TRU) has arrested seven South African\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xAdbE4aDLF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/xAdbE4aDLF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 COJ People\u2019s MMC Public Safety (@PublicSafetyMMC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PublicSafetyMMC\/status\/1980979025754374436?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">October 22, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>MMC for Public Safety Mgcini Tshwaku says that in April this year, a memorandum of understanding was signed between various municipal, provincial and national policing units to work together to fight crime across jurisdictions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRemember, we signed a memorandum of understanding for the province, the national and the municipalities. With municipalities, we used to have cross borders, so now we have signed that MOU that there are no borders anymore. So because of that, we\u2019re obviously going to have those tensions since we\u2019re now able to cross borders from Johannesburg to other areas chasing criminals. However, we have escalated the matter to the MEC for Cogta to intervene. They have a bilateral meeting with ourselves, JMPD and SAPS. We\u2019ve escalated it to the premier as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Both the SAPS and the JMPD have distanced themselves from the matter, with SAPS stating that both cases are before the courts and they will not be commenting on them.\u00a0While the JMPD indicated that both matters are being investigated internally.<\/p>\n<p>JMPD spokesperson Xolani Fihla says, \u201cDue to the sensitivity of the legal process and to ensure the integrity of the ongoing investigations, the JMPD cannot touch extensively on the two cases.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">MEDIA STATEMENT<\/p>\n<p>For Immediate Release<br \/>Date: 20 October 2025<\/p>\n<p>MMC for Public Safety concerned over unlawful arrest of JMPD Tactical Response Unit officers by SAPS<\/p>\n<p>The MMC for Public Safety, Dr. Mgcini Tshwaku, has expressed deep concern and outrage over the unlawful arrest of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gzvq6KWA4I\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/gzvq6KWA4I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 COJ People\u2019s MMC Public Safety (@PublicSafetyMMC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PublicSafetyMMC\/status\/1980199678323945966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">October 20, 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>                    <!--begin code --><\/p>\n<p>                    <!--end code --><\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\" async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- Africa tv video display -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-1669381584671856\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"3579572842\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script data-jetpack-boost=\"ignore\">\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n#Calls #grow #SAPS #JMPD #resolve #operational #disputes #SABC #News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In an unprecedented move, officers from both law enforcement agencies arrested each other\u2019s members last month while carrying out policing&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":40313,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40312","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mzansi"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40312","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40312"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40312\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40314,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40312\/revisions\/40314"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40313"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40312"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40312"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eduzim.co.zw\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40312"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}