5,500 police trainee applications go online for first time
SAPS said it will implement a targeted recruitment process to identify and consider applicants with specific qualifications to be placed in specialised areas.
'Graduates in law, policing, criminology, law enforcement, forensic investigation and information technology, can apply for placement in the specialised environments such as the Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation (the Hawks), detective and forensic services, as well as crime intelligence.'
Through President Cyril Ramaphosa's SAPS Project 10,000 initiative, 30,393 young people have been trained to become police officers in the past three years.
'There are now 5,500 young people in SAPS academies who are training to become fully fledged police officers. Some will graduate in August, while the rest will graduate in December.'
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