Police trainee plans to improve Cosmo City - Future constable ready to make a difference in his community

Future police officers, Lesedi Leketi from Cosmo City and Mandla Mazibuko in police training at Honeydew Police Station.

Cosmo City is known to be one of the few areas of Honeydew Police Station precincts, where crime is always high, but a young police hopeful, Lesedi Leketi aims to change that by improving safety in the community.

Captain Balan Muthan, Honeydew Police Station spokesperson, teaches the trainees.

Leketi (24), from Cosmo City, is among 24 police trainees placed at Honeydew Police Station to be taught the fundamentals of policing under the South African Police Services banner before being sent to the police academy in Pretoria.

The self-driven individual told Roodepoort Northsider that he studied a geography-related field, but always had a love of policing since he comes from a family of policemen.

“I grew up in a household where my father and uncle are policemen. I can’t say I had a passion for policing but now the passion for it is gradually developing because of the things I’ve been learning in this training,” he said.
He added that once appointed as a constable, he will apply all the knowledge he learnt and fight the negative stigma that police cannot spell and write properly.

Captain Balan Muthan with 24 police hopefuls at Honeydew Police Station.

Another excited candidate Mandla Mazibuko from Muldersdrift said he always wanted to be a policeman and enjoys the way Captain Balan Muthan, the station’s spokesperson, applies his knowledge when teaching police theory.

Muthan said the course is to prepare them for college. He highlighted that the students are taught discipline and how to conduct themselves when dealing with a suspect or victim.