 She is a Catholic.Pistorius joined the South African Police Service (SAPS) in 1994, where she founded and headed the Investigative Psych Unit as Chief Investigative Psychologist, a rank equivalent to colonel; she also founded the Serious and Violent Crimes Component.By 1997, she had trained over 100 detectives to investigate serial criminals, and two successors, including Elmarie Myburgh.