ERMELO K9
TO DONATE ITS AWARD TO CHARITY, MEDIA INVITED
Nelspruit – Tuesday 28 January 2015, Tracker will be giving an award of
R10 000 to Ermelo K9 Unit formerly known as Dog Unit.
The unit won the
award last year on 03 October 2014 in a ceremony which held at Kyalami in Johannesburg
Taking into
account that this was a national event, the unit takes pride in this enormous
achievement.
The unit scooped position
one hence the award. The unit collaborated with tracker and managed to recover
28 stolen vehicles to the value of over 11 million rand and 19 suspects arrested.
The members of
this unit met the criteria set by tracker in deciding when it comes to awarding
the best of the best.
The criteria
includes inter-alia the unit that contributed immensely towards the
investigation of stolen or hi-jacked vehicles, the amount of stolen vehicles
recovered and the number of arrests made as well as the co-ordination of
operations.
Ermelo K9 Unit
surpassed all their peers in the country.
After receiving
the award, the members of the unit have decided to donate the whole R10 000, to
a charity of their choice. CMR Child and Youth Centre in Ermelo will be the
beneficiary as a result of the hard work done by the unit.
The Acting
Provincial Commissioner of SAPS in Mpumalanga
“This is true
policing at its best; I am delighted by what the unit has achieved not to
mention that this is the first time that a K9 Unit walked away with such an
award country wide.
Indeed the members attached to this unit have made us proud through their
earnest enhancement of service delivery. I am also overjoyed that the money
will donated to a charity organisation in the area where they service their
community. Lastly, I want to humbly appreciate Tracker for acknowledging the
work done by the police,” said Major General Nogwanya.
No comments:
Post a Comment