In a special SAPS award ceremony held this past Friday at St Ignatius Church in Claremont, it was announced that in the most recent audit of 149 SAPS stations across the Western Cape, Claremont police station came in at position number 5, a dramatic improvement on its previous performance rating in the 140’s.
Special thanks were expressed by Abdul Kerbelker to Colonel Joseph and his team for this achievement and in particular to Warrant Officers Wentink, Mocke, Genneker and another. Tribute was also paid to the importance of partnerships, such as that with the CIDC, and the cooperative exercises and teamwork in helping to improve performance.
In Colonel Josephs address to members he highlighted 9 members of the community identified as significant partners to SAPS Claremont, community policing strategy including the Claremont CPF and the CIDC.
The CIDC were called forward for a special award as the outstanding partner in the Claremont area for community policing.