The South African Police Service (SAPS) said it would be deploying more than 2,700 newly trained police constables to bolster its safer festive season operations.
Police Minister Senzo Mchunu, along with Deputy Ministers of Police Cassel Mathale and Polly Boshielo, will welcome the newly trained officers.
The police constables who have been undergoing the Basic Police Development Learning Programme (BPDLP) from April 2024 will stand on parade at various academies on Thursday, December 12, 2024.
These newly trained police officers will be deployed at various police stations across the country to capacitate and boost the grassroots level of policing in time for the peak of the busy festive season.
Passing out parades will take place simultaneously at various SAPS academies including Tshwane, Bishop Lavis, Graaff-Reinet, and Ulundi.
Minister Mchunu will officiate at the largest parade comprising 2,066 graduates at SAPS Academy Tshwane on Thursday, December 12, 2024, at 9am.
The Deputy Ministers of Police, Mathale will officiate at the Western Cape passing out parade, while Minister Boshielo will officiate at the passing out parade in KwaZulu-Natal.
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