Thirty-five members of the Ekurhuleni Metro Police Department (EMPD) were decorated with loyal service and 2010 Football World Cup support medals at a medal parade in Kempton Park, last Friday.<\/p>\n
The members were the first of 1 100 recipients who will receive honorary decorations for dedicating their lives to serve, protect and enforce the law.<\/p>
Their service medals ranged from 20 to 40 years of loyal service, which for many started before the amalgamation of the nine towns that were incorporated to form Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n
Ekurhuleni\u2019s executive mayor Clr Mzwandile Masina said that 5 000 more capable and fit metro police officers will be recruited to join the EMPD over the next five years in a bid to double the efforts to maintain law and order in the metro.<\/p>
He also congratulated the medal recipients for reaching their milestones.<\/p>\n
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