TOP COP HANGS UP LAPELS

POPULAR Cape Flats cop, Lieutenant-Colonel Ashley Petersen, has said his final farewells to SAPS after nearly 40 years of chasing skollies and killers.

- BY MAHIRA DUVAL

This month, the officer fondly known as “Pietie” hung up his lapels and booked himself out at the Cape Town Central police station for his retirement.

Pietie started his career in the police in 1986 and took his first post at Bishop Lavis SAPS.

Over the years, the officer who led drug searches and manhunts for drug merts and killers, worked at various stations including Wynberg, Steenberg and Grassy Park where he served in various roles including shift commander, Crime Prevention unit commander and ended his career as a detective.