{"id":62631,"date":"2017-02-03T12:03:21","date_gmt":"2017-02-03T10:03:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/?p=62631"},"modified":"2017-02-06T16:03:37","modified_gmt":"2017-02-06T14:03:37","slug":"police-in-trouble-due-to-ongoing-brain-drain-of-specialists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/develop.citizen.co.za\/middelburg-observer\/news-headlines\/2017\/02\/03\/police-in-trouble-due-to-ongoing-brain-drain-of-specialists\/","title":{"rendered":"Police in trouble due to ongoing brain drain of specialists"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Shoddy foresight regarding the filling of vacant and soon to be vacant posts, due to senior SAPS members going on pension, has placed the force in a real predicament.<\/p>\n<p>Colonel Anton Crafford, a specialist forensic expert, left the force, and soon Colonel Faan Steenkamp, commander of the Hawks, will follow on his heels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62639\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62639\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton1-LL-ZN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62639\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton1-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Colonel Eric Heyns.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62639\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colonel Eric Heyns.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Colonel Johan Prinsloo, specialist fraud investigator, is lost to the SAPS as well as master hostage negotiator Wessie van der Westhuizen, and Cois Minaar who is a crime intelligence expert.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62640\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62640\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton2-LL-ZN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62640\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton2-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Colonel Wickus van Wyk.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62640\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Colonel Wickus van Wyk.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Fraud expert Ross Rossouw is also leaving the force alongside riot unit chief Eric Heyns and Colonel Wickus van Wyk, one of South Africa&#8217;s foremost fingerprint experts.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement that MK-veterans and political police appointees, will soon be promoted, further bodes ill for an already bleeding SAPS.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_62641\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-62641\" style=\"width: 520px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton3-LL-ZN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-62641\" src=\"https:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/92\/2017\/02\/anton3-LL-ZN-520x400.jpg\" alt=\"Fraud specialist Ross Rossouw.\" width=\"520\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-62641\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Fraud specialist Ross Rossouw.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The promotions will exclude bona fide police officers who will remain where they are ranked.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBad foresight and unfair promotions will not only harm the police, but the community dependent on the police force,\u201d one of the leaving members told <b>www.mobserver.co.za<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Read other news here:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62535\/dramatiese-video-van-sakeman-se-duin-ongeluk\/\" target=\"_blank\">Dramatiese video van sakeman se duin ongeluk<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mobserver.co.za\/62524\/businessmen-accused-of-billions-in-fraud\/\" target=\"_blank\">Businessmen accused of Billions in fraud<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a 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