The SAPS’s brightest stars are celebrated at the 6th National Excellence Awards …

The SAPS’s brightest stars are celebrated at the 6th National Excellence Awards

The National Excellence Awards is held annually with the intention to reward, motivate and boost the morale of the men and women in blue for their outstanding performance and loyalty to the Service. Each province is given the opportunity to host this prestigious event on a rotational basis and this year Mpumalanga was the host.

Congratulations to all the award nominees and award recipients who have displayed selfless and dedicated commitment, going the extra distance to serve, protect and improve front-line service delivery. We also give recognition to those who serve just as dutifully on a volunteer basis, our reservists and members of community police forums. Your efforts are also of great importance in eradicating crime. Your selfless acts and dedication do not go unnoticed either. We salute each and every hero and heroine affiliated to the South African Police Service for their many efforts to support our department in achieving the goals of the National Development Plan, Vision 2030.

Category: Reservist of the Year Winners

Reservist Constable MA Hlapisi and Reservist Constable MP Mohoboko, Free State

R/Cst Mohoboko and R/Cst Hlapisi always work together in order to protect one another. The pair is very committed and always strive to achieve success. They perform effective stop-and-search patrols whenever they are on duty. These two reservists recovered a massive quantity of dagga, seized and impounded the vehicles involved and arrested the suspects concerned.

The two reservists are very committed and render service of an excellent standard. Two firearms, 56 rounds of ammunition and 266.80 kg of dagga were recovered and seized by the two members who was working together in a vehicle.

Both reservists are highly motivated, committed, loyal and honest. They are observant in situations and deal with situations cautiously and very professionally. The management at the police station constantly applaud and congratulate these two members for the commitment to successfully combat crime, while working without remuneration.

Category: Community Policing Forum (CPF) of the Year Winner

Thabong, Free State under the leadership of Mr SJ Leeuw

The Forum is providing support and professional direction to the community of Thabong. The Forum established a committee to oversee and monitor community projects to ensure that they in line with the prescripts. The involvement of the Forum, the community and the SAPS is successfully addressed through izimbizo, mass meetings and church meetings.

The Forum played a role complementary to and aligned with the Provincial Crime Prevention Strategy so combat crime. The members of the Forum regard themselves as the hand assisting the SAPS. Thabong CPF made their strategies available for evaluation to determine whether they had an impact of the prevention of crime. The CPF is promoting a healthy community and is very effective in tackling crime and other related issue.

The involvement and participation of the Thabong CPF greatly assist with the success in reducing crime in the Thabong Cluster. The Forum holds monthly meetings where they provide feedback and discuss their intentions with future endeavours.
Thabong CPF is the crew of the South African Police Service in crime –combating initiatives, also bringing the youth to terms with the recovery plan of the Cluster.

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