Pretoria - The South African Police Service (SAPS) is currently recruiting former officers back into the service.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, SAPS said the re-enlistment process will be done in the 2016/17 financial year.
Former SAPS members will be appointed to the ranks of constable to colonel, depending on the rank they held when they left the service.
The recruitment drive is targeted at specialised units such as the Detective Service, Visible Policing, K9, Public Order Policing and Support, Acting National Commissioner Lieutenant General Khomotso Phahlane said.
Phahlane said this re-enlistment process will not replace or affect the normal recruitment and training process.
“It goes without saying that we are looking to re-employ the best-of-the-best, former employees who have a lot to offer in terms of past experience, skills integrity and commitment.
“Only applications on the prescribed forms, received during the periods specified in the advertisements on the SAPS website, from candidates meeting the set criteria will be considered.”
Former members applying for re-enlistment will be subjected to a thorough screening process, which will include, but not be restricted to: psychological assessment; fingerprinting; reference-checking; medical testing and checking of previous SAPS employment records.
Only those former members who have good attendance and disciplinary records need apply. The applicant should also have successfully completed basic police training and relevant functional police training courses, among other requirements.
“Former members who left the SAPS due to retirement, were dishonourably discharged or dismissed, left pending the finalisation of disciplinary and/or criminal proceedings or left due to ill-health retirement or medical boarding, will not be considered for re-enlistment,” said Phahlane.
SAPS has already placed advertisements regarding this process in South African Sunday newspapers.
The information will also be posted on the SAPS website www.saps.gov.za under the “Careers” heading when the advertisements are published.
During the previous re-enlistment process in the 2015/16 financial year, SAPS received 3 152 applications but only 529 of the applicants met the prescribed criteria.
Of these, 180 were deployed in the Detective Service, 297 in Visible Policing and 52 in the Support environment, with ranks ranging from constable to colonel. – SAnews.gov.za
