{"id":48465,"date":"2021-07-29T09:13:07","date_gmt":"2021-07-29T07:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despath-welcomes-new-station-commander-20210728-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-21T09:55:45","modified_gmt":"2025-03-21T07:55:45","slug":"despath-welcomes-new-station-commander-20210728-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/udexpress\/despath-welcomes-new-station-commander-20210728-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Despath welcomes new station commander"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>LIEUTENANT Colonel Trevor Appel has taken over the reins as the Station Commander from his predecessor, Lt Col Flip de Jager who went on retirement in January 2021. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt Col Appel, who has officially been appointed on 6 May 2021, is a career driven officer and has more than 34 years of experience in the police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div contenteditable=\"false\" data-embed24=\"Images\" data-pos=\"middle\" id=\"embed_35c0f242\">\n<div class=\"slide\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Appel\" data-smallsrc=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11413\/77ebb3460abb48b3b7fb6dfe89f55688.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.24.co.za\/files\/Cms\/General\/d\/11413\/b75e677abdd349ae8999637719a9eb3e.jpg\" title=\"Lt Col Trevor Appel, the new stations commander at Despatch police.  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