U-Lisa Townsend namhlanje kusihlwa uvotelwe njengoKhomishana omusha wamaPhoyisa noBugebengu waseSurrey eminyakeni emithathu ezayo.
Umuntu ozongenela ukhetho uthole amavoti okuqala ayi-112,260 athandwayo emphakathini waseSurrey okhethweni lwe-PCC obelungoLwesine.
Ukhethwe ngamavoti akhethwa okwesibili, ngemuva kokuthi kungekho ongenele ukhetho oluthole ngaphezu kwama-50% amavoti akhethwa kuqala.
Umphumela umenyezelwe namhlanje ntambama e-Adlestone ngemuva kokuba amavoti ebaliwe kuso sonke isifunda. Ukuvota kwaba ngu-38.81%, uma kuqhathaniswa nama-28.07% okhethweni lokugcina lwe-PCC ngo-2016.
U-Lisa uzoqala ngokusemthethweni indima yakhe ngoLwesine zingama-13 kuNhlaba futhi uzongena esikhundleni sika-PCC wamanje uDavid Munro.
Uthe: “Kuyilungelo nodumo olukhulu ukuba nguKhomishana Wamaphoyisa Nobugebengu WaseSurrey futhi angisakwazi ukulinda ukuthi ngiqale ngisize Amaphoyisa aseSurrey ahlinzekele usizo izakhamuzi zethu ezingaziqhenya ngalo.
“Ngithanda ukubonga wonke umuntu ongeseke kanye nomphakathi ophume ngobuningi ukuzovota. Ngizimisele ukubuyisela ukholo abalukhombise kimina ngokwenza konke engingakwenza kule ndima ukuze ngibe yizwi lezakhamuzi ngezobuphoyisa.
“Ngithanda nokubonga uKhomishana ophumayo, uDavid Munro ngokuzinikela nokunakekela akukhombisile endimeni kule minyaka emihlanu edlule.
“Ngiyazi ngokukhuluma nezakhamizi kuso sonke isifunda ngesikhathi ngikhankasela ukhetho ukuthi umsebenzi wamaphoyisa aseSurrey awenza nsuku zonke emiphakathini yethu waziswa kakhulu umphakathi. Ngibheke ngabomvu ukusebenzisana noChief Constable futhi nginikeze ukusekelwa okungcono kakhulu engingakwenza ezikhulwini zakhe nakubasebenzi abasebenza kanzima ukuze bagcine u-Surrey ephephile.”
UChief Constable of Surrey Police Gavin Stephens uthe: “Ngihalalisela uLisa ngokukhethwa kwakhe futhi ngiyamamukela eMbuthweni. Sizosebenza eduze naye ezifisweni zakhe zesifunda futhi siqhubeke nokuletha 'Izibophezelo Zethu' emiphakathini yethu.
“Ngithanda futhi ukubonga umsebenzi kaKhomishana wethu ophumayo, uDavid Munro, owenze lukhulu ukuxhasa hhayi uButho kuphela, kodwa nezinhlelo ezethulwe ngesikhathi sokubusa kwakhe zenze umehluko omkhulu kubahlali baseSurrey.”