EMPD Deputy Chief Johan Friedlander calls it a day after 44 years of loyal service in Law Enforcement
The EMPD at the end of February officially parted ways with the Deputy Chief of Police Johan Friedlander following an excellent and dedicated service spanning more than four decades.
On his retirement at 65 years, Johan Friedlander had served in Disaster Management, Security and Traffic divisions in Johannesburg from 1975 until 1997.
He was the youngest Deputy Chief at Johannesburg Traffic Department. In September 1977 he moved closer tohome by joining the erstwhile Boksburg Council as a Deputy Director in Law Enforcement overseeing both Traffic and Licensing departments.
With the advent of the Metropolitan Council in 2000 when the local authorities in the then East Rand amalgamated, he became the Director Operations in the EMPD Northern and Eastern operational regions with intermittent acting responsibilities as a Deputy Chief of Police between 2003 and 2007.
In 2007 he was awarded a Deputy Chief of Police Security & Loss Control post backdated to 2003 making him the longest-serving Deputy Chief of Police at EMPD on his retirement.
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Very much a family man in matrimony with Valerie and blessed with two daughters Yolande and Chantelle and four grandchildren, Friedlander also carved a niche for himself academically by obtaining a Bachelor of Arts in Police Science in 1989 with the University of South Africa and being conferred with a B.Tech degree Cum Laude in 2004 at Tshwane University of Technology.
Further achievements included an Organisational Studies diploma from Pretoria Tech in 1985 as well as an Advanced Course in Labour Law which he obtained in 2006 with the University of Stellenbosch.
Deservedly on his departure, Johan Friedlander was given two raving farewells -first by his division personnel as well as an official one by the Chief of Police Isaac Jabulani Mapiyeye and his EMPD senior management team.
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