According to recent reports from the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru), at least 300 SAPS officers have committed suicide since 2017, raising serious questions about SAPS’ current capacity in providing ongoing safe, confidential, and specialised mental health support to its members. It also raises questions about the adequacy of SAPS’ pre-employment mental and psychological screening procedures and whether they are fit for purpose. We speak to POPCRU spokesperson Richard Mamabolo & Psycho-pneumatic Therapist, Dr Daniel Ximba.

<p>According to recent reports from the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union (Popcru), at least 300 SAPS officers have committed suicide since 2017, raising serious questions about SAPS’ current capacity in providing ongoing safe, confidential, and specialised mental health support to its members. It also raises questions about the adequacy of SAPS’ pre-employment mental and psychological screening procedures and whether they are fit for purpose. We speak to POPCRU spokesperson Richard Mamabolo &amp; Psycho-pneumatic Therapist, Dr Daniel Ximba.</p>

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