DIE pas aangestelde bestuurder vir Beskermingsdienste vir die Kouga Plaaslike Munisipaliteit, Stephanus (Steph) Petersen, bring \u2019n magdom ervaring en \u2019n diep passie vir wetstoepassing na sy nuwe rol.<\/p>\n
Met \u2019n loopbaan wat oor langer as drie dekades strek en \u2019n opregte toewyding tot die diens aan die gemeenskap, is Petersen gereed om \u2019n beduidende impak te maak.<\/p>\n
Gebore en geto\u00eb in Bishop Lavis in die Wes-Kaap, beskou Petersen homself as \u2019n Oos-Kaapse plaaslike, met sy ouers wat onderskeidelik uit Misgund en Joubertina in die Langkloof kom. Sy reis in wetstoepassing het in 1994 begin toe hy by die Gene Louw Verkeerskollege in Brackenfell aangesluit het en as \u2019n verkeersbeampte gekwalifiseer het.<\/p>\n
\u201cVan Brackenfell Provinsiale Verkeer het ek na Brackenfell-munisipaliteit geskuif, en van 1996 tot 2006 het ek by Mosselbaai-munisipaliteit gewerk, waar ek my diens as superintendent van verkeer voltooi het,\u201d vertel Petersen.<\/p>\n
In 2007 het hy homself tot entrepreneurskap gewend terwyl hy gelyktydig as \u2019n Bedryfsveiligheidsbeampte gekwalifiseer het, en by instellings soos National Keypoints, PetroSA, Eskom en Sasol in Secunda gewerk het.<\/p>\n
Petersen se toewyding aan verkeershandhawing het hom in 2015 terug na die veld gelei, met poste in Knysna, Oudtshoorn en, van 2018 tot 2020, as die hoof van verkeer in Kannaland-munisipaliteit. <\/p>\n
Hy het later by die verkeerspanne op Graaff-Reinet en Swartland aangesluit, waar hy \u2019n sleutelrol gespeel het in die vestiging van die eerste honde- en LEAP-eenhede.<\/p>\n
\u201cBy Swartland-munisipaliteit het ons wetstoepassing baie ernstig opgeneem,\u201d verduidelik Petersen. \u201cEk het my studies voortgesit, en my laaste posisie voor ek by Kouga-munisipaliteit aangesluit het, was as \u2019n hoofinspekteur by Swartland.\u201d<\/p>\n
Met \u2019n stygende misdaadvlak is Petersen bewus van die uitdagings wat voorl\u00ea, maar hy bly optimisties. \u201cMisdaad in sy verskillende vorme is uitdagend, en ons het innoverende idees nodig om dit te beveg en die gemeenskap veilig te hou,\u201d s\u00ea hy.<\/p>\n
\u201cOns kan dit egter nie alleen doen nie. Ons het al die rolspelers nodig, soos die polisie, maatskaplike ontwikkeling, AgriSA, korrektiewe dienste, justisie, buurtwagte, en die gemeenskapspolisi\u00ebringsforums, om saam met ons te werk. Met die gemeenskap as een van die belangrikste rolspelers, kan ons \u2019n verskil maak.\u201d<\/p>\n
Petersen se passie vir dienslewering deur wetstoepassing is duidelik. \u201cEk het \u2019n passie om met mense te werk. Ek wil aan die regte kant van die wet wees en vir di\u00e9 wat nie kan praat nie, praat. Ek wil waarde toevoeg tot die samelewing en tot die volgende generasie.\u201d<\/p>\n
Onderwys en die ontwikkeling van die munisipaliteit se kinders is ook belangrik vir Petersen. \u201cOns moet hulle leer hoe om veilig as voetgangers te wees en die paaie versigtig te gebruik. Die onderwysdepartement doen hul deel, maar ons het ook \u2019n rol om te speel.\u201d<\/p>\n
Petersen doen \u2019n beroep op Kouga-inwoners om wetstoepassingsbeamptes met empatie te behandel. \u201cOns moet teruggaan na Ubuntu, \u2019n samewerkende gees kweek, en kyk hoe ons mekaar kan aanvul,\u201d voeg hy by.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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