Setting a high standard in crime fighting

Rustenburg – Rustenburg station commander, brigadier Gertrude Modise, has shown that women are very capable of leading the fight against crime and making communities safer. 

Under her leadership, Rustenburg Police Station has been recognised as the best police station in the North West province for 2019.

In an interview with Platinum Weekly, Modise could not hide her excitement while speaking about the achievements of the police station.    

“We won the accolade during the South African Police Service (SAPS) provincial Excellence Service Awards on Tuesday 12 December. We are very proud because the awards ceremony is very significant on the police calendar,” Modise said. 

During the awards ceremony, held at the Sun City resort, Modise also walked away with the best provincial senior operational manager award.

On 26 January she followed that effort up by clinching the runner up position in the same category during national Excellence Service Awards, which were held in Port Elizabeth. 

“My personal achievements are very humbling but the award we won as a station is more significant to me. We emerged as the best among all 82 police stations in the North West,” she explained.

Modise said Community Policing Forum (CPF) members played a major role in assisting the police to bring down criminal activities during 2019.

“The CPF executive committee was very effective and I hope our partnership with them will help us to keep winning more awards,” she said. 

“Contact crimes such as murder, assault and robbery as well as property related crimes went down and we must maintain the high standard we have set,” she concluded.