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21-01-2015, 13:10 #21
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Re: Is it still a viable option to join the SAPS?
Thanks very much for all the positive feed back guys...I truly find it to be a calling in life for me and not just a job.
I am going to my local police station tomorrow and will let you guys know what happens.
I will take along with me...copies of ID, matric certificate, drivers licence and proof of residence.
Will keep you all up dated...
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21-01-2015, 13:13 #22
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21-01-2015, 13:56 #23
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21-01-2015, 14:01 #24
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Re: Is it still a viable option to join the SAPS?
Yip, normal intake is closed for SAPS. If you are very lucky they might have some positions available after all the test and the grooming camps.
Your other option, if you like to be on the road is RTMC - Road Traffic Management Corporation.
If rumor has it, they have a SWAT and K9 units being formed(if not already active) and also currently have a high speed unit (those white unmarked GTI's you see when you are travelling 160+).
They also do recoveries for Tracker and pay is supposedly also very good. If I understand correctly, they are "above" Metro and more equal to SAPS in terms of "power".
Other option is Metro of course, they also have narcotics units that do undercover work etc.
But if your calling is for SAPS, just stick it out till next recruitment drive and good luck.
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21-01-2015, 15:49 #25
Re: Is it still a viable option to join the SAPS?
there is fuckall difference in terms of "power" between SAPS, Metro or any other Policing Agency. There is only difference in terms of focus, jurisdiction, mandate and capability. We are all police members end of story! Within SAPS UC work is not like the movies you will be very carefully selected and you have to follow a CI career path. Also unlike the movies a defecti...ergh sorry a detective :-) does mainly paperwork. Don't get to caught up in all the units yet, unless you can go to POPs, cause riot cops are the coolest! ;-)
I am studying an awesome brand of leg fighting which was inspired by dung beetles and I think my brand of Kraft Manure is superior to all other styles ever invented. Furthermore I challenge all other manurists to a rolling contest where we shall establish whose manure ball is the biggest! I shall call it Honest Kraft Manure and declare it superior to all other brands of manure and will tell you that I have claimed the lineage directly to Imshi the great Dragon Kru Master Beetler who invented manuring, by gathering all manure from different animals together and making it work as the worlds most effective fertilizer. I proved myself by being members of not one but three super elite special gardening departments who were responsible for spreading manure to combat weed infestations!
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21-01-2015, 16:19 #26
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21-01-2015, 17:30 #27
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21-01-2015, 17:33 #28
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21-01-2015, 18:05 #29
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Re: Is it still a viable option to join the SAPS?
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22-01-2015, 11:29 #30
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Re: Is it still a viable option to join the SAPS?
Just an update guys.
I went to my local station today with a copy of ID, matric certificate, drivers licence and proof of residence (basically I had every thing needed except for the application form)
I went to the front desk and asked to speak to the HRM, the sergeant behind the desk asked if there was anything he could help me with.
I told him the whole story of me wanting to join up as a member of the SAPS and he told me that applications where closed (just like you guys mentioned) and that I should wait till they reopen.
I asked how would one know when the applications opened again and he just said look on the saps website?
So I am now at home wondering how WOULD you know when the applications open again?
Do they post it on their website or in the news paper and does any one know when they will open again? someone said near the end of year?
Thats about it for now, hopefully I will find out what time of year the applications open and I will be able to keep my eyes peeled on the SAPS website.
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