UKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu u-Lisa Townsend namuhla wamukele u-Tim De Meyer endimeni yakhe njengo-Chief Constable omusha wamaphoyisa ase-Surrey.
UKhomishana ubese-Force Headquarters eGuildford namhlanje ekuseni ezobingelela iNduna efikayo ngosuku lwayo lokuqala futhi uthe ubheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana naye eduze emasontweni nasezinyangeni ezizayo.
U-Tim ujoyine elinye lamaphoyisa e-Guildford ukuze ashintshe namuhla ekuseni ngaphambi kokuthi afungiswe ngokusemthethweni emcimbini omfushane wokufakaza.
Uqokwe njengokhethwe nguKhomishana kulesi sikhundla kulandela uhlelo olunzulu lokukhethwa olwenziwa ngoJanuwari. Ukuqokwa kwagunyazwa ithimba lamaphoyisa kanye nethimba lobugebengu ngasekupheleni kwayo leyo 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.
UKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu uLisa Townsend uthe: “Ngijabule ukwamukela u-Tim emaphoyiseni aseSurrey futhi ngikholwa ukuthi uzoba umholi okhuthazayo nozinikele ozoqondisa uMbutho esahlukweni esisha esijabulisayo.
“UTim uza naye ingcebo yesipiliyoni somsebenzi wobuphoyisa ohlukahlukene emikhakheni emibili ehlukene futhi ngokungangabazeki uzonikeza umbono omusha emaphoyiseni eSurrey. Ngikubheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana naye ekubhekaneni nezidingongqangi ezibalulekile ohlelweni lwami Lwamaphoyisa Nobugebengu kanye nokwakha umbono oqinile wekusasa lombutho.
“Muningi umsebenzi onzima okumele wenziwe futhi kube yisikhathi esinzima emaphoyiseni kuzwelonke. Kodwa ngiyazi ukuthi u-Tim ubezimisele ukuqhubeka futhi ujabulela izinselelo ezisazovela.
“Ngiyazi ukuthi u-Tim wabelana ngothando lwami ekwenzeni i-Surrey indawo ephephe kunazo zonke engaba izakhamuzi zethu ngakho ngibheke ngabomvu ukumeseka ekusingatheni lezo zinkinga ezibaluleke kakhulu emiphakathini yethu yasendaweni.”
UChief Constable Tim De Meyer uthe: “Kuyilungelo elikhulu ukuba yiChief Constable of Surrey Police. Lesi sikhundla sinomthwalo wemfanelo omkhulu futhi kuyilungelo lami ukusebenzela imiphakathi yase-Surrey kanye nezikhulu ezinhle kakhulu ze-Force yethu, abasebenzi, namavolontiya.
“Ngibonga wonke umuntu ngokungenza ngizizwe ngamukelekile futhi sisazoqhubeka nokusebenzisana ngokuzikhandla ukulwa nobugebengu nokuvikela umphakathi.
"Ngibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana noKhomishana wamaPhoyisa kanye noBugebengu kanye nozakwethu abaningi ukuqinisekisa ukuthi iSurrey ihlala iyisifunda esiphephile."