In the News Today: Police trainee Tristan Chowles, 23, who disappeared from the SAPS Tshwane Training Academy after being discharged from hospital, has been found safe and unharmed but “any gross misconduct by him will be dealt with accordingly”.
Chowles was admitted to hospital in Pretoria on September 18 and was discharged the next day. However, he was reported missing at the weekend and a missing person case was opened at the Garsfontein police station as he did not return to the academy, where he is on a nine-month basic policing learning development programme.
Police spokesperson Brig Athlenda Mathe said the trainee was found safe and unharmed in KwaZulu-Natal by his parents on Monday.
According to a message circulating on social media, Chowles was traced… continue reading HERE.
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