Incoming Bramley Police Station commander Colonel Johannes Tau.
Alex police’s head of visible policing Colonel Johannes Tau (48) has been promoted to commander of Bramley Police Station.
Tau was stationed at Bramley in 2015 and returns to take over from Colonel Gobaseelan Govender who was the acting commander.
Gauteng born and a father of two, Tau credited his promotion to hard work, diligence and discipline during his 27 years in the police service. He has a Diploma in Policing from Technikon SA and a BTech Degree in Policing from Unisa.
Tau said the younger generation of police officers and youth, in general, shouldn’t fear study as it was the only way to accumulate knowledge and gain promotion if they were also dedicated to duty. “Education enhances professional development and broadens promotional opportunities in many fields, including in the police service. It is a profession which is for those driven by the desire to serve, protect and promote communities’ rights to peace and security of persons and property.”
Incoming Bramley Police Station commander Colonel Johannes Tau.
This, he added, was the democratic dispensation’s key focus to policing which, to be successful, required a strong police and community collaboration, high police visibility and community involvement in policing forums. In addition, there needed to be instant reporting of any crime, continuous education of all residents on safety and security and the public feeling free to associate with the police.
Tau said his role in Alex incorporated public and schools safety education to encourage residents to report known criminals. He added that the proximity of Alex and Bramley presented many similar crime trends of housebreakings, murders, robberies and hijackings which were generally under control.
He was concerned that the public wrongfully attributed crime to poverty. “Many [become] criminals [as a] result of a lack of caring and supportive parenting in their upbringing and learnt negative behaviour or conduct from the community and home. This develops in them a negative psychosocial condition which can be addressed through professional counselling support,” Tau stressed.
