{"id":216255,"date":"2019-08-29T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-08-29T08:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/germistoncitynews.co.za\/216255\/mayor-welcomes-new-empd-recruits\/"},"modified":"2019-08-29T14:51:40","modified_gmt":"2019-08-29T12:51:40","slug":"mayor-welcomes-new-empd-recruits","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/germiston-city-news\/news-headlines\/2019\/08\/29\/mayor-welcomes-new-empd-recruits\/","title":{"rendered":"New EMPD recruits ready to serve Ekurhuleni"},"content":{"rendered":"

The metro has added 263 new recruits to the EMPD.<\/p>\n

The new recruits were congratulated and addressed by the executive mayor, Clr Mzwandile Masina, after a pass out parade at Germiston Stadium on Friday.<\/p>

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The new officers started the basic 18-month training for enrolment into the EMPD in January 2018 and completed it in June 2019.<\/p>\n

The pass out parade was witnessed by members of the public, as well as family members of the recruits.<\/p>

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Teboho Kubheka (right) congratulates his friend Lungile Mokoena for qualifying as a metro police officer.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The mayor urged the recruits to maintain the same discipline that saw them through the training programme and to take the opportunity of being part of the metro to further their studies.<\/p>\n

\u201cMake the City and your families proud.<\/p>\n

\u201cAbove all, be guided by your conscience in terms of how you behave.<\/p>\n

\u201cRemember, in this field you have to be disciplined.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf you do not have discipline, you do not belong in the EMPD,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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He told the new officers that their main functions include to serve, protect and defend institutions of democracy and the communities of Ekurhuleni.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese men and women do not have any criminal records and they should keep it that way,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The new officers will be deployed in different EMPD precincts across the metro to beef up police visibility, conduct crime prevention, and enforce the law and by-laws of the metro.<\/p>\n

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