PRETORIA – The South African Police Service (SAPS) will welcome eleven Special Task Force Operatives (STF) to join the organisation’s elite unit.  The cohort will stand on parade at the SAPS Tshwane Academy where they will be received and welcomed by the Divisional Commissioner for Visible Policing and Operations, Lieutenant General Michael Mohlala. The Divisional Commissioner will acknowledge the eleven as having undergone and successfully completed the 35th two-year Special Task Force (STF) Selection Training Programme.

Also standing on parade will be an additional ten STF members who will receive their Operators Badge after undergoing a two-year probation period during which they were already serving as members of the elite unit.

The Special Task Force (STF) is a highly specialised unit whose members are responsible for only responding to high risk incidents which include hostage incidents, search and rescue missions, as well as specialised operations support.

There are currently only 82 STF Operators in the country and they are posted in Cape Town, Durban and Pretoria.

Source: South African Police Service