In the SAPS, personal relationships are managed to ensure they do not compromise service delivery or public confidence. Metropolitan Police Workplace Policies:
Sex with a detainee, even if consensual on its face, is illegal under South African law (Section 5 of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, which prohibits sexual acts with a detainee by a police official). Such acts constitute rape in law, not merely misconduct. south african police having sex at work