Ekurhuleni added 263 new recruits to its metropolitan police department (EMPD) on August 23.
The new recruits were congratulated and addressed by executive mayor Mzwandile Masina after a passing-out parade at Germiston Stadium.
The new officers started their basic 18-month training in January 2018 and completed it in June 2019. The passing-out parade was witnessed by members of the public as well as family members of the recruits.
The mayor urged the recruits to maintain the same discipline that saw them through the training programme and to take the opportunity of being part of the City to further their studies.
“Make the City and your families proud. Above all, be guided by your conscience in terms of how you behave. Remember in this field you have to be disciplined. If you do not have discipline, you do not belong in the EMPD,” said Masina during his address.
Masina also told the new officers that their main functions included to serve, protect and defend institutions of democracy and the communities of Ekurhuleni.
“These men and women don’t have any criminal records and they should keep it that way,” he said.
The new officers will be deployed in different EMPD precincts across the City to beef up police visibility and crime prevention, and to enforce the law and by-laws of the city.
