Kempton Park SAPS detective is the best in the country
This was not the first time Mohale put the local station in the limelight
Kempton Park SAPS Lt Col Ntshaupa Frank Mohale came out tops at the annual SAPS National Excellence Awards recently held in Port Elizabeth.
Mohale won the Detective of the Year award in Level Eight to 12, which is the level for detectives ranked from captains to colonels.
Mohale said he feels honoured to have taken the award out of all nine provinces put together.
“It feels really great to have won the award and I am motivated and encouraged to do more.
“When you take passion, commitment, dedication and the love for your job and you put them all together, it will produce perfect results, which is what I did.”
Mohale mostly deals with high profile cases, such as murder and taxi violence.
This was not the first time Mohale put the local station in the limelight as he was named Best Detective in Gauteng at the Gauteng Excellence Awards held in October last year.
The Gauteng award qualified him for the national awards, which he has now won.
“He put the station on the map again, which shows that Kempton Park Police Station has improved a lot. He will mentor other investigators and detectives, as we are expecting more officers to also win at provincial level,” said Brig Samuel Maredi, Kempton Park SAPS station commander.
The station’s head of detectives, Col Lesetja Manewa, is among those proud of Mohale’s achievement and agreed with Maredi that Mohale will mentor other detectives.
“This means a lot to us as detectives. He put the district and province on the map. It shows that we still have people with experience and that the same experience is going to be instilled in the other members,” said Manewa.
“He really deserves the award; he made initiatives to ensure there is evidence, which is very important.”
Mohale has been in service for 33 years and has been a detective for 28 of those years.
“I have always wanted to be a detective because there is always something to learn, especially when you attend court proceedings. You learn every day,” explained Mohale.
“As a leader, I always lead by example and don’t just command and give instructions. The manner in which you communicate with the members of the public is also important as they are our clients. You have to give progress reports on cases. This helps build trust within the community and they will trust that police are doing what is necessary. We are directed by the needs of the community.
“When investigating cases, investigate as though you are investigating a case where one of your loved ones is involved in order to be more passionate and committed. It is also important for detectives to attend crime scenes as it moves and pushes you to crack the case and see to it that justice is done.
“Thank you to my leadership – station commander, district commander, provincial leadership and the divisional leadership – for the support. Thank you to my team members as well as, I couldn’t have done it alone.”
