PRETORIA - Tshwane Metro Police Department boss Yolande Faro says the metro police must take responsibility for gaps in the vetting process.
Faro concedes that some deputy officers have not been subjected to proper security clearance.
She told the Madlanga Commission that the failure to vet officials reflects an oversight the department can no longer ignore.
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"They are your subordinates, is it not your responsibility to ensure that they have security clearance," said co-commissioner Sandile Khumalo.
Khumalo added: "In the earlier paragraphs, you raised an issue about criminality and you say it shocked and dismayed you because the issues that have come out of this commission, according to you, amount to syphoning of money and criminal activities. One of the people against whom these accusations are labelled is a deputy within the TMPD. Why has he not been subjected to a formal vetting or security clearance?"
"I think we must be honest when we come to this commission. Maybe we have taken it for granted," Faro responded.