Recruitment drive for police trainees

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GEORGE NEWS & VIDEO - A recruitment drive for police trainees was led by Col Buleleni Gwanya of the South African Police Service's (Saps) human resource management and development (HRM) department at various shopping centres around George on Tuesday 27 September.

The aim of the drive was to invite the youth aged between 18 and 30 in possession of a matric certificate (Grade 12) to apply for police trainee intake.

Many young people showed keen interest in joining the police force after visiting the stands manned by various police units.

It was emphasised that the submission of the forms is not a guarantee that they would be employed, as applicants are subjected to various tests during the recruitment and selection process, which they have to pass before they could join as a police trainee.

VIDEO: Recruitment drive for police trainees

The requirements to join are:

You must be a South African citizen.
You must be between 18 and 30 years old.
You must not have a criminal record.
You must be fluent in English and at least one other official language.
Tattoos are allowed as long as they don't show when in uniform.

Those who choose to apply to police trials will be subjected to fitness, psychometric and integrity testing, and medical evaluations during the recruitment, selection and enlistment process.

PHOTO GALLERY: Police searching for recruits in George

More information can be found at www.saps.gov.za.

Members of the public order policing (Pops) unit at their stand on Tuesday morning are, from left: WO Glenda Stevens, Sgt Benito Crause, Cst Mike Taylor, Cst Luthando Ntose, Sgt Dewald Vorster and Cst Letitia Smith.