A South African woman police officer commanded the SA Police Service (SAPS) at a Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) challenge in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) earlier in February.
Warrant Officer Elma Kemp led an all-male South African team that took part in the sixth UAE SWAT Challenge along with over a hundred SWAT teams from all over the world. They included five all-women teams and all used the Challenge to show their tactical abilities, endurance and teamwork. As leader of the seven-strong South African team Kemp showed, according to a statement, that leadership is forged in action, not defined by convention.
Thirty-four year-old Kemp, the statement has it, earned her place in South Africa’s elite Special Task Force, a unit that makes no distinction between men and women in training or operations. She underwent the same grueling selection process as her male counterparts, proving her capabilities through rigorous tactical, endurance and combat training.
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