Research indicates significant risks for intimate partners of SAPS officers. The prevalence of "toxic masculinity" and the presence of service firearms at home can lead to tragic outcomes, such as the case where an officer shot his girlfriend during a dinner break.
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This series follows a stoic profiler. The romantic storyline here is a ghost story: the detective is still in love with a dead partner killed by a serial killer. New romantic interests (usually journalists or paramedics) must compete with a ghost. This is a quintessential South African trope—learning to love again after the "plaasmoord" (farm murder) or the violent taxi strike. This series follows a stoic profiler