Bleak picture of police officers' wellness
- Published on 19 Feb 2016
- HR Pulse News Desk
A large number of police officers were either suffering from depression or were on ARVs, MPs heard on Wednesday. Deputy Police Minister Maggie Sotyu told Parliament’s police committee that the health of officers was essential to the department.
Yet, they had been told that 89% were depressed, she indicated to a seminar to address the scourge of police killings in the country. Almost 90% of police personnel and their dependents enrolled on the police medical aid's HIV programme were on antiretroviral treatment. Sotyu also told the committee that in 12 months, 88 police officers were murdered or ambushed. Police morale, and officers committing suicide, were also under the spotlight in the seminar
Source: SA Labour News
