Metro Police strengthens its ‘manpower’
The city said the massive recruitment drive was aimed at ensuring road safety in Durban.
AFTER receiving 47 000 applicants for the Metro police unit, the eThekwini Municipality has finally started training the 200 successful applicants. The city said the massive recruitment drive was aimed at ensuring road safety in Durban. What’s more another 200 are due to begin their training in the near future.
The newly recruited officers are currently undergoing training. Metro Police spokesperson, senior superintendent Parboo Sewpersad, said, “The City is seeking to implement the ‘Bobby on the Beat’ programme again and the new recruits are being trained for that purpose. The normal procedure was followed when the recruitment process was undertaken.”
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Motorists and residents from various communities have raised concerns regarding the visibility of Metro Police officers on the roads. Two weeks ago KwaMashu Metro police captain Edward Ntuli said they will do all they can to increase visibility of officers on the roads. This after disgruntled Broadway business owners said there was a lack of enforcement in the vicinity to ensure the regulation of taxis.
Applicants who met the requirements had to undergo a physical assessment which comprised of a 2,4km run, push up, sit ups, and shuttle runs to test their physical fitness. Applicants were eliminated at each phase of the fitness test if they did not meet the requirements. Applicants who passed the fitness test then wrote an aptitude test and were interviewed.
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Sewpersad added: “Applicants were further eliminated if they had a criminal record. Metro Police would like to put on record that all allegations of corruption when the application process had begun is being dealt with and would like to assure the public that the process of recruitment has been fair and as per the processes followed by the municipality.”
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