EMPD officer scoops coveted award
MPO Gloria Mohlamunye Komane won the Performance and Excellence category of the seventh Annual Leadership for Women in Law Enforcement awards.
A member of the EMPD Speed Unit, MPO Komane won a trophy, a certificate, a R2 000 cheque, a Spar voucher to the value of R1 250 and a beach bag.
The 2014 conference was held from May 28 to 30 at Gold Reef City in Johannesburg.
The event is held under the auspices of the Intelligence Transfer Centre (ITC), a company committed to promoting skills development and training throughout the continent. The centre provides responsive and sustainable training interventions aimed at bridging the skills shortages and gaps in the working class.
ITC gives recognition to the female stars of the law enforcement industry in four categories viz. Community Service & Rural Support, Performance & Excellence, Mentoring, Leadership and Medal of Heroism.
“MPO Gloria Komane joined the EMPD in 2002 and demonstrated admirable passion for her work and a exhibited a good work ethic. In 2013, Officer Komane arrested 361 traffic rule violators and this year her arrests already stand at 246. To be a nominated in the Performance and Excellence category, one has to be distinguished through superior attention to duty, investigative efforts that lead to the identification and arrest of a major criminal or criminal activity,” said the EMPD spokesperson, Chief Superitendent Wilfred Kgasago.
“A dream becomes a goal when action is taken towards its achievement,” he added.
