32 cops held after protest
30/01/2007 08:40  - (SA)  

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Johannesburg - Thirty-two police officers and prison warders are behind bars after allegedly assaulting a station commander during a protest demanding her dismissal, the Sowetan reported on Tuesday.

The protesters, all members of the police and prisons union, Popcru, were arrested on Monday at the Vaal Rand flying squad headquarters in Vanderbijlpark.

The crowd had been demanding the immediate removal of the unit commander.

The protest began at 09:00 and continued until policemen arrived and arrested their toyi-toying colleagues at about 14:00.

Trudie Wilken, of the Vaal Rand police, said those arrested would face charges of assault, trespassing, contravening the Police Act and disrupting police services.

The 32 were expected to appear in the Vanderbijlpark magistrate's court Tuesday.

- SAPA

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