NEW National Police Commissioner, General Fannie Masemola, has outlined his vision and priorities for the next five years in the position.
The Commissioner addressed the media shortly after Police Minister Bheki Cele introduced him to staff.
Addressing reporters on Friday, Masemola said he assumed the leadership role during a challenging time where public trust and confidence in the police was low.
He said: “The immediate demand for my priority attention is on: the need to build and strengthen community-police relations and subsequently change the prevailing negative public perception; as well as the need to work on both the morale and the integrity of our members who ultimately have a constitutional duty to serve and to protect our communities.”
During his tenure, he said he would mainly focus his energies towards a list of priorities.
These included issues of police safety, the DNA backlog at the South African Police Service (SAPS)
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