National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS)‚ General Riah Phiyega‚ has announced that the service needs former officers to re-enlist. Salaries will be low‚ however.
“We are looking to re-employ former members and appoint them into the ranks of constable‚ sergeant‚ warrant officer and lieutenant‚” she said in a statement.
“During this re-enlistment process‚ we will welcome applications from former members of all ranks who meet the prescribed criteria which will be advertised‚” said General Phiyega. “However‚ those applicants must realise that they will be appointed at a rank level between constable and lieutenant‚ no higher than lieutenant‚ irrespective of the rank they held when leaving the SAPS‚” she added.
The salary band for a lieutenant is approximately R260‚000 a year‚ according to posts advertised on career websites.
The recruitment drive follows a “thorough analysis of the loss of personnel from the SAPS”‚ the commissioner said.
Describing it as a once-off extraordinary measure‚ she said: “The areas where we would particularly re-enlist employees are in the Detective Service and the Visible Policing environments”.
Amongst the criteria‚ which include a psychological assessment and no criminal record‚ applicants must younger than 50 and must be willing to be deployed out of town – “which may include relocating at own expense”.
SAPS wants ex-detectives to come back - at low rank
National Commissioner of the South African Police Service (SAPS)‚ General Riah Phiyega‚ has announced that the service needs former officers to re-enlist. Salaries will be low‚ however.
“We are looking to re-employ former members and appoint them into the ranks of constable‚ sergeant‚ warrant officer and lieutenant‚” she said in a statement.
“During this re-enlistment process‚ we will welcome applications from former members of all ranks who meet the prescribed criteria which will be advertised‚” said General Phiyega. “However‚ those applicants must realise that they will be appointed at a rank level between constable and lieutenant‚ no higher than lieutenant‚ irrespective of the rank they held when leaving the SAPS‚” she added.
The salary band for a lieutenant is approximately R260‚000 a year‚ according to posts advertised on career websites.
The recruitment drive follows a “thorough analysis of the loss of personnel from the SAPS”‚ the commissioner said.
Describing it as a once-off extraordinary measure‚ she said: “The areas where we would particularly re-enlist employees are in the Detective Service and the Visible Policing environments”.
Amongst the criteria‚ which include a psychological assessment and no criminal record‚ applicants must younger than 50 and must be willing to be deployed out of town – “which may include relocating at own expense”.
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