About Whatmore Tembo
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Academic Level Master’s Degree
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Age 33 - 37 Years
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Industry Management
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About me
I am a skilled security practitioner with 15 years experience in both the Zimbabwe Republic Police as a Police Officer and in the private sector as a Loss Control Officer and Security Officer. I have vast experience in investigations and criminal prosecutions. I can guide an organisation on the differences between criminal and civil matters and also in testifying during internal disciplinary hearings.
Education
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2019 - 2021
Bindura University of Science Education
Master of Science Degree in International Relations
The degree program equipped me with knowledge on security at international level, how to safeguard property from terrorists and international criminal syndicates.
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2015 - 2018
Bindura University of Science Education
Bachelor of Business Administration Honors Degree in Police and Security Studies
The degree program offered me an in-depth understanding on security and risk practitioning at corporate level. I also gained skills on how to detect criminal behaviour thereby employing security tactics to deter criminal behaviour. I also learnt on proactive policing measures so as to minimise losses within corporates.
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2012 - 2012
University of Zimbabwe
Diploma in Police Studies
The diploma equipped me with investigative skills and knowledge on criminal prosecution of matters
Experience
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2022 - 2022
Allied Timbers Zimbabwe (Pvt) Ltd
Loss Control Officer
Commanding a workforce of 310 security guards
Carrying out Security Surveys, establishing all security threats and crime hotspots within the estates, manufacturing plants and retail outlets.
Periodic review of existing security policies in line with the ever-changing criminals’ modus operandi (modes of operation).
Carrying out tactical plans in implementing security strategies.
Carrying out investigations into any loss related cases and accidents.
Making sure security personnel and surveillance officers are deployed in all security threat areas
Carrying out spot checks on financial records.
Loss Control in the value chain of timber production and in the line of production of timber.
Enforcement compliance to basic Safety, Health and Environmental Standards within the company premises
Attending to scenes within the company’s establishments involving loss to the company.
Monitoring CCTV and submitting weekly and monthly CCTV reports to the Chain of Custody Officer.
Reporting all criminal matters to the Zimbabwe Republic Police.
Representing the company in criminal cases at the courts.
Carrying out security checks and visits to Estates as well as retail outlets
Enforcing compliance on all Standard Operating Procedures of the company.
Cultivating informers who provide information.
Instituting disciplinary proceedings to all security personnel implicated in criminal activities.
Educating employees on the advantages of practising safe working procedures.
Assisting the Chain of Custody in identifying CAPEX needs and drafting the department’s yearly budgets.
Organising training of security personnel both internally and externally.
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2022 - Present
Zimpapers (1980) limited
Security Officer
Monitor dispatch of printed newspapers
Preventing theft of hardcopy newspapers
Preventing theft of online newspapers
Attending to and investigating Road traffic accidents involving company vehicles
Attending to and investigating all workplace incidences and accidents involving company machinery and equipment in liaison with SHEQA
Supervising outsourced security guards who man all keypoints within the premises
Carrying out verification processes of new employees’ driver’s licences at CVR
Carrying out background checks of new employees at CID
Escorting cash to and from the bank
Monitor dispatch of goods
Monitor movement of company assets
Monitor CCTV and submitting return to the Loss Control Manager
Receiving and verifying unsold newspapers from vendors.
Reporting all criminal cases to the ZRP
Representing the company in criminal matters at the courts
Carrying out investigations -
2022 - 2011
Zimbabwe Republic Police
Constable
Crime Investigations (General)
Compiling criminal Dockets
Intelligence gathering
Receiving reports
Screening civil cases from criminal cases
Referring cases for prosecution
Any other duty as may be assigned from time to time.
General crime preventive patrols -
2014 - 2020
Zimbabwe Republic Police
Sergeant
Processing payments using SAP
Clearing all ZRP members willing to retire from the force
Effecting deductions on all lost, damaged and stolen police property
Processing payments using PFMS
Processing payments using Paynet
Supervising traffic police officers under my command
Attending to road traffic accidents
Investigating traffic and criminal cases
Addressing Dockets to the Public Prosecutor for Opinion
Compiling monthly crime and traffic accident returns -
2013 - 2014
National Prosecuting Authority (Ministry of Justice)
Trainee |Public Prosecutor
Receiving dockets from police stations and screening for offences in the Setdown office
Differentiating between a crime and a civil wrong
Representing the State in Bail applications
Interviewing witnesses to obtain evidence
Interviewing suspects to come up with the correct charges
Leading evidence from State witnesses in examination in chief
Leading state witnesses in re-examination
Cross examining accused persons during defence case
Prosecuting police defaulters during disciplinary trials