Current South African Police Dress Uniforms

[Mervyn Mitton]

This is a current picture of the South African Police at a passing-out Parade. The two tone Blue uniform is full dress and was, in fact, the old uniform for the pre1994 Police Force. There are very few white officers joining these days - however, there are still quite a number serving from earlier days.

[milhistry]

There are two subtle differences from the pre-94 era uniform. The current dress cap has a darker blue crown (as opposed to the previous almost lead-grey shade). The "tunics" (I am not sure of the current official designation for these jackets in the SAPS) now have two breast pockets instead of four and the waistbelt is no longer worn.