SAPS re-enlistment – Western Cape vacancies to be prioritised
20 July 2015
I welcome the announcement by the South African Police Service (SAPS) that 2 800 former members have taken the opportunity to re-enlist as active officers in service of the people of South Africa. I call on the SAPS management to prioritise placements in the Western Cape.
Earlier this year, suspended Provincial Police Commissioner, Arno Lamoer, publicly stated that the Western Cape alone has a shortage of more than 3 000 SAPS officers on the ground.
It is necessary that both national and provincial SAPS management prioritise the recruitment and placement of qualifying officers currently re-enlisting for the vacancies in the Western Cape.
As part of my oversight mandate over policing in the province, I have today written to both the National Police Commissioner, Riah Phiyega, as well as Acting Provincial Commissioner, Major General Thembisile Patekile.