UKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu ku-Surrey Lisa Townsend namuhla umemezele ukuthi u-Tim De Meyer nguyena amkhethayo esikhundleni sokuba ngu-Chief Constable of Surrey Police.
U-Tim okwamanje uyi-Assistant Chief Constable (ACC) namaphoyisa aseThames Valley futhi ukuqokwa kwakhe manje sekuzolalelwa ukulalelwa kokuqinisekiswa ngamaphoyisa ase-Surrey kanye Nethimba Lobugebengu ekupheleni kwale nyanga.
U-Tim waqala umsebenzi wakhe wobuphoyisa ne-Metropolitan Police Service ngo-1997 futhi wajoyina Amaphoyisa aseThames Valley ngo-2008.
Ngo-2012, wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba yiChief Superintendent for Neighbourhood Policing and Partnership ngaphambi kokuba abe yiNhloko yeProfessional Standards ngo-2014. Wakhushulelwa esikhundleni sokuba ngu-Assistant Chief Constable for Crime and Criminal Justice ngo-2017 wadlulela ku-Local Policing ngo-2022.
Uma kuqinisekiswa ukuqokwa kwakhe, uzovala isikhala sikaChief Constable Gavin Stephens oshiye uButho ngo-Ephreli nonyaka ngemuva kokukhethwa ngempumelelo njengenhloko elandelayo yoMkhandlu Wezikhulu Zamaphoyisa Kazwelonke (NPCC).
Ukufaneleka kuka-Tim kule ndima kwavivinywa ngosuku lokuhlolwa okuphelele okuhlanganisa ukuphenywa ngemibuzo kwabanye babambiqhaza ababalulekile be-Surrey Police kanye nokuxoxwa nethimba eliqokiwe eliholwa nguKhomishana.
Ithimba Lamaphoyisa Nezobugebengu lizohlangana ukuze libuyekeze ukuqokwa okuhlongozwayo ngoLwesibili zingama-17 kuMasingana e-County Hall eWoodhatch.
UKhomishana uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ukukhetha i-Chief Constable yalesi sifunda esikhulu kungomunye wemisebenzi ebaluleke kakhulu endimeni yami njengoKhomishana.
“Njengoba ngibone intshiseko, isipiliyoni kanye nobungcweti akukhombisile u-Tim ngesikhathi sokuqokwa, nginethemba elikhulu lokuthi uzoba umholi ovelele ozoqondisa Amaphoyisa aseSurrey ekusaseni elijabulisayo elizayo.
"Ngijabule kakhulu ukumnikeza isikhundla sokuba nguChief Constable futhi ngibheke ngabomvu ukuthi amalungu ePhaneli ezwe umbono wakhe ngoButho esigcawini esilandelayo sokuqinisekisa."
U-ACC uTim De Meyer uthe: “Ngizizwa ngihloniphekile ngokunikezwa isikhundla sokuba yiChief Constable of Surrey Police futhi ngijabule kakhulu ngezinselelo ezizayo.
“Ngibheke ngabomvu ukuhlangana namaphoyisa kanye namalungu ethimba lobugebengu ngibeke izinhlelo zami zokwakha phezu kwezisekelo eziqinile ezibekwe wubuholi bombutho kule minyaka edlule, uma ngiqinisekiswa emsebenzini.
"I-Surrey iyisifunda esihle futhi kuzoba yilungelo ukusebenzela izakhamuzi zakhona nokusebenzisana nezikhulu, abasebenzi kanye namavolontiya enza iSurrey Police ibe inhlangano evelele."