ALERT: INACCURATE JOB ADVERTS FOR NEW POLICE CONSTABLES Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) has noted with concern that various inaccurate advertisements about the recruitment of new constables are being circulated through the WhatsApp platform and via the saleslearnership website. The SAPS confirms that there are currently no posts advertised for police trainees. The aforementioned advertisements form part of a scam aimed at misleading the public and possibly corruptly attempting to enlist candidates into the SAPS. Whilst the SAPS is looking into the origins of these adverts, We urge those who are interested in joining the SAPS as trainees, to ignore them. Any vacancies will be advertised on the official website of the SAPS and in local community newspapers. The names of the applicants will be published in local newspapers for public comment. The applicants will then be subjected to a grooming camp where they are vetted to check their criminal record status, match their fingerprints to their ID and go through a battery of psychometric, integrity and physical tests to ensure they are of the right calibre before final selection will be conducted. The successful applicants will be presented to the local community for final comments and/or input. Then a provincial recruitment board, constituted of internal and external role players, will consider the results of the grooming camp and comments from the local community before the Provincial Commissioner submits the final recommendations to the National Commissioner for approval. The provisional figures for new police trainees for 2014/2015 is 3800. lt is envisaged that these posts will be advertised during November 2014. Application forms will then be available at local police stations. The contact details of recruitment officers and offices will be contained in the adverts. Members of the public are urged not to be misled by any false advertisements or advertising scams and to report these activities to the police. - SAPS National Office, Lieutenant-General Solomon Makgale
Posted on: Sun, 31 Aug 2014 19:10:14 +0000