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Captain Chris Maree takes over the Ladysmith K9 Unit

The Captain has been serving the SAPS for 22 years and has vast experience

Captain Chris Maree is the new commander at the Ladysmith K9 Unit. He has 29 years of experience in the South African Police Service.

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He completed his basic training at the Pretoria Police Academy and has served in the Pietermaritzburg as well as Newcastle Public Order Policing units. He also served at Greytown SAPS and the Ladysmith Stock Theft Unit.

His passion, however, is the K9 Unit, where he has been serving for the last 22 years. He is a trained tracker and has vast experience in the field of shoe and tyre prints.

The Ladysmith K9 Unit regularly assists in Estcourt and surrounding areas in times of protests, drownings and crime prevention operations.

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