26 January 2012
New Zealand Herald readers had an insight last weekend into the priorities of the Police Executive and the direction we see for our organisation. You can still read the article on the Herald website. As for the accompanying cartoon, I never realised I and the Deputy Commissioners had such bandy...
11 January 2012
As we look forward to the challenges of a new year, I'd like to reflect on some of the issues and events Police staff have faced in recent weeks which underline the unpredictable, varied and difficult nature of Police work and the professionalism, skill and dedication of our members.
The...
22 December 2011
Greetings to you all for the last time in 2011, a tumultuous year in which Police staff rose magnificently to many challenges, from the shattered streets of Christchurch to the heaving streets of Auckland during Rugby World Cup.
I'll be back on the streets of Auckland in the coming days,...
8 December 2011
Greetings to you all.
New Zealand has earned the enviable title of least corrupt country from Transparency International. I'm convinced Police is central to this. Without a transparent, professional and corruption-free Police service, society's ills would be considerably worse. Full credit...
24 November 2011
I've been reminded this week of an important lesson I learned early in my career, and have shared it with Police staff.
In February 1976 my CIB induction course was addressed by Chief Superintendent 'Black Jack' Stevenson on the subject of dealing with complainants. He made the point that a...
10 November 2011
Last time I wrote we were just getting over the Rugby World Cup and celebrating success for both New Zealand and our policing operation. Now we're well and truly back to business as usual - and doesn't the World Cup seem a long time ago? Again, heartfelt congratulations to Superintendent Grant O'...
26 October 2011
Greetings to you all.
The Rugby World Cup is now over bar the shouting, and after the All Blacks' parade through Wellington today even the shouting will be starting to subside.
Congratulations to the All Blacks and well done to New Zealand generally. We can now look back on a...
12 October 2011
Greetings to you all.
In the run-up to a general election we must expect politicians to make big statements, with law and order a favourite subject. However, I cannot agree with comments from Dr Pita Sharples that Police has a racial bias in dealings with Mäori, that Mäori have no...
29 September 2011
Greetings to you all.
We're three weeks into the Rugby World Cup and I am being inundated with complimentary remarks about the personable and engaging police officers encountered by visitors and New Zealanders alike as they travel the country. Politicians who see our work first-hand are also...
19 September 2011
Some of you may have read a recent article by Ross Meurant, a former police officer, in the magazine North & South. It was a one-sided and disparaging account of Police culture which does not reflect the organisation I know.
Mr Meurant left New Zealand Police more than two decades ago,...
