GEORGE NEWS - For the first time in a decade traffic officers from George are to undergo a year's traffic officer training at the Gene Louw Traffic College in Brackenfell, Cape Town.
Mayor Melvin Naik wished the six traffic officers well on Sunday 20 August. "The next twelve months' training will be life-changing for you so please remember discipline. You come from George which has a proud history at the college," he said.
Cecil Noble, Portfolio Councillor for Community Safety and a former traffic officer who attended the Gene Louw College in the 1990s, said, "In the past, George traffic officers have always stood out at the college and brought home many awards for achieving excellence."
George Traffic Chief Donovan Saptoe reminded the six officers that they were chosen from a group of 17 officers initially considered. "We expect you to perform so that when you return home you will make a difference in the challenge of keeping George's roads safe," Saptoe said.
In the past, traffic officers have attended short courses at the college, but this is the first comprehensive 12-month traffic officer course in a decade.
George traffic officers on their way to the Gene Louw Traffic College in Cape Town received words of encouragement from the mayor before leaving. From left are: Donovan Saptoe, Newton Aweries, Wilbur Joseph, Eurika Munro, Mayor Melvin Naik, Ronell Prins, Clayton McCarthy, Franklin Windwaai and Cllr Cecil Noble. Photo: Myron Rabinowitz
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