Five-year search ends: new chief appointed for Johannesburg metro police

ACTING Johannesburg Metro Police Department (JMPD) chief Patrick Jaca has been permanently appointed to the position five years after it became vacant.At a sitting on Thursday, the city’s council unanimously approved Jaca’s appointment despite reservations by the DA.Jaca, who turns 62 in November, beat 74 other applicants to the position.His appointment comes almost five years without a JMPD head since the resignation of David Tembe in March 2020.Tembe left the position and later became an ActionSA councillor in the city and member of the mayoral committee (MMC) for public safety.DA…