New research into the excessive use of lethal force by the police has found that SA scores above an accepted threshold for the use of force.
A member of the SAPS calls a Hillbrow resident to order with instructions to follow lockdown regulations. File photo.
Understanding the use — and abuse — of lethal force, what drives it and possible strategies to limit it, were the critical issues explored by the researchers. Together they worked to measure the incidence of use of force and found that SA scores well above the accepted threshold for use of force. “In SA the ratio is 1:12.6 which is excessive, but not as high as we see in places like South America where it is 1:57 in Brazil and 1:100 in El Salvador.”
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