Additional municipal vehicles used for private use confiscated

An additional two City of Ekurhuleni municipal vehicles misused by Council employees were confiscated in the region.

MORE MUNICIPAL VEHICLES IMPOUNDED AFTER PRIVATE USE

On Wednesday, 24 May 2023 between 06:30 and 07:00, members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Security and Loss Control Unit impounded two more municipal vehicles around the Kempton Park and Thembisa areas, following misuse by the City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) employees.

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Upon receiving a tip-off from a reliable source about CoE employees using the council vehicle to drop off their children at school and using it to drop off staff at work, the Officers swiftly acted on the information received. They were led to a primary school in Bircha Acres in the Kempton Park area, where an unmarked White Ford Ranger from the EMPD was confiscated.

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COUNCIL EMPLOYEES TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS

Additional information led Officers to New Road near the Esselen Park Licencing Department, where staff from a cleaning company were being dropped off using an unmarked Ford Ranger from Security and Loss Control.

“The vehicles were immediately confiscated from the responsible drivers and internal investigations will follow soon.”

EMPD

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INVESTIGATION TO FOLLOW FOR THE IMPLICATED COUNCIL MEMBERS

This bust and confiscation of municipal vehicles come a day after the initial impound of the fleet. On Tuesday, 23 May 2023 at about 06:00, members of the Ekurhuleni Metropolitan Police Department (EMPD) Security and Loss Control Unit also impounded three municipal vehicles following misuse by City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) council employees in the Benoni area.

Upon receiving a tip-off from a reliable source about City of Ekurhuleni (CoE) employees, using council vehicles to drop off their children at school, members swiftly acted on the information received and were led to a high school in Benoni where the law enforcers discovered three vehicles, namely a marked BMW belonging to the EMPD, a marked Ford Ranger belonging to the Disaster & Emergency Management Services Department (DEMS) and an unmarked white Ford Ranger belonging to the Parks Department, inside the school parking lot.

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“We would like to reiterate that those who make use of council resources that are meant to service the public at large, should refrain from such as these resources are for the purpose of service delivery,” EMPD warned.