Peter Jacobs. (Jan Gerber, News24)
Just two days after national and provincial SAPS Crime Intelligence commanders were assured there was no crisis, five senior commanders of the division were suspended.
A senior Crime Intelligence source raised concerns over the power vacuum and lack of expertise to ensure operations continue to run as normal.
The suspensions are apparently linked to the reasons given for the ousting of Peter Jacobs, but have effectively removed failsafe controls over access to secret slush funds.
The police s national Crime Intelligence (CI) division has been plunged deeper into a leadership crisis with the suspensions of five high-ranking officers on Wednesday and Thursday.