Excess SANDF Staff Joins SAPS
Sixty-five members of the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) who were declared excess staff were today issued with certificates qualifying them as members of the South African Police Service (SAPS).
The 65 soldiers turned police, successfully underwent a 12-week training course, offered by the SAPS to qualify them to join the police service.
They are part of more than 3 600 excess personnel identified within the SANDF and the integration is set to be complete within two years.
The SANDF and SAPS were jointly involved in the design of the conversion course allowing the former soldiers to be integrated into the police service as part of government's ongoing restructuring process for effective service delivery.
The Ministerial Security Committee advised the SANDF in 2000 to redeploy some of its excess staff to the SAPS Protection and Security Division.
Speaking at the handing over of certificates ceremony, Chief Joint Support Division Brigadier General Douglas Myamya said he hoped that the personnel would contribute in the fight against crime.
"We hope they will prove their ability in the SAPS," said Brigadier General Myamya.
SAPS Head of Operational Support, Protection and Security Services Commissioner Ryno Naidoo said the new members would assist a lot in dealing with the challenges that the SAPS faced especially because "the country needs sound domestic security and protection."
The new members will be deployed in various units within the SAPS and the second batch made of 90 personnel are expected to start training in September this year.
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09 Juillet 2004 à 17:00 dans
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