The community thanks their COPS hero
'It is part of my job and I am very thankful for all the CPF members, as well as Norkem SAPS'
COBUS Heymans, a COPS reaction officer, was honoured on Monday with an outstanding work certificate and medal for his great service.
Not only did Lionel Marx, CEO of COPS, award Heymans, but the community also thanked him and his team for their outstanding and selfless work.
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“It is part of my job and I am very thankful for all the CPF members, as well as Norkem SAPS for always being there for back-up without hesitation,” said Heymans.
Heymans has had some great successes over the years, the most impressive of which he did in less than 24 hours about two weeks ago.
On October 2, Heymans arrested a man for attacking and threatening a young female learner from Hoërskool Jeugland with a broken bottle.
“I was out patrolling on Bosloerie Street when I saw a guy chase another guy down the road. I stopped the man and asked what the problem was. The man explained that the other man just attempted to rob the girl and took her cellphone. I arrested the man and once again Norkem SAPS were there for assistance,” explained Heymans.
Later that same day, Heymans received a call from one of their clients saying that a teenager (16) had just stolen her domestic worker’s cellphone.
“Luckily the domestic worker knew who he was and we managed to trace him. We didn’t open a case because he is a minor but his parents took care of him and he will be sent to a boarding school,” said Heymans.
On October 3 at around 3.20am, Heymans was at the rescue yet again after a call from one of their clients about an attempted robbery at their van Riebeeck Park residence.
“I woke up to a loud noise coming from the front door. I yelled to my husband to get the children because they were sleeping downstairs. The two men already broke the front gate and were attempting to break the front door. I pressed the panic button and within five minutes Cobus was standing in our house with back-up from the CPF and Norkem SAPS,” said one of the family members.
Heymans rushed down the P91 and found the two suspects running on the side of the road. He found a 357 Magnum on one of the suspects. “The serial number was filed off and it was hidden in his backpack,” said Heymans.
“We as a community and family want to thank Cobus from the bottom of our hearts for dealing with the situation so fast and always being there. If it was not for him and COPS, those thieves would have come into our house,” said a thankful client.
