OPINIONISTA: We don’t need more police — we need professional officers who are better trained, motivated and managed

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The South African Police Service is on a mass recruitment drive. But concerns about mass recruitment have been raised in the past which are still relevant. Among the criticisms raised previously was that mass recruitment resulted in large numbers of police on the streets who were poorly trained, managed and supported.

that “throwing more money and people at the police is not the solution. We don’t need more people in police uniforms — we need professional police officers who are better trained, motivated and managed”. Also, it was argued that “mass police recruitment put pressure on the systems of recruitment, selection, training, supervision, discipline, and performance management.

An integrated approach to the recruitment process including consultations with other relevant stakeholders;Strengthening the security screening process associated with recruitment; which was proposed in the National Development Plan 2030. A National Police Board includes some and more of the functions in the SAPS recruitment strategy such as:

Set minimum standards, criteria and competency requirements for all training programmes within the SAPS and MPS and for all trainers. This process should cover basic service training, the training of detectives, specialised training and ongoing training and must include the required competency level for a pass.

 

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I concur but may I add that the salaries paid to police men and women is too low. In an ideal situation people would apply for the job as it has a good career structure and remuneration.

We need to abolish apartheid

Thank you to the policemen and women who are doing their jobs properly it must be very difficult to stay motivated

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