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Community Edition 310 - July 2008
- Community expresses thanksCommunity say thanks
-Campus cop enjoys student scene
- Mighty effort nabs suspect
- Community patrollers help resolve armed incident
- Family violence package launced by PPS
- Unique offending recognised
- Fatigued truckie caught doing 25-hour hauls
- Kiwi cops meet First Lady
- Plane crash tests emergency response
- Kitten calls 111, refuses to speak

Community Edition 310 - June 2008
- Drug index shows cost of harm to NZ
- Drug Harm Index objectivescannabis plants
- Cannabis high on health harm
- Protecting against cyber crime
- Change for the better
- Operation Beautify appeals to the eye
- Crikey! There's a croc in Clevedon

 

Community Edition 309 - 23 May 2008Operation Leo gets claws into gang drug scene
- Operation Leo gets claws into gang drug scene
- Officer in Charge extends thanks
- Dogged determination pays off during track
- Relationships provide common way forward
- Warriors work with children
- Fifty years of 111 celebrated
- A great Grape Ride
- Bears help bring cheer
- Bryan and Bobby back on air
- Head for heights wins photography award


Community Edition 308 - 25 April 2008 Napier Community Patrols contribute to crime reduction
- Napier Community Patrols contribute to crime reduction
- Retiring Coroner praises Serious Crash Unit
- New crime agency and powers welcomed
- Murray brothers keep in step
- DARE lessons draw on multisport experience
- Staff fundraise for sick colleague
- Presidential role for detective
- Bougainville lad foils Easter egg plot


Community Edition 307 - 28 March 2008 Precision on show to public
- Precision on show to public
- Sharp young eye wins MP3
- Police pipers win crowd support
- Policing 'The Palms'
- Survey to determine trust, confidence and satisfaction
- From Shanghai to Mt. Wellington
- Speech competition promotes race unity

 


Community Edition 306 - 29 February 2008 Counties Manukau's new Mobile Police Station. Photo NZPA
- Counties Manukau's new Mobile Police Station
- Vehicles move to single livery
- New hi-tech booze buses up the ante
- Community policing goes rural
- Richmond's Community Patrol
- Youth mentors build bridges
- Operation Lollipop: road signs theft

Community Edition 305 - 1 February 2008 A lone officer keeps a watchful eye on the crowd as the hearse bearing Sir Edmund Hillary's casket is driven through Parnell, Auckland following his state funeral service. Photo NZPA
- Community: Hillary state funeral
- Community: Workshops promote community policing
- New Police Code of Conduct in place
- Helping: Dolls delight Bamiyan children
- Helping: Long legs of the law
- Leading: Joint operations foil drug imports
- Leading: Leadership programme wins HR award
- Leading: Bravery and heroism celebrate Police work

Community Edition 304 - 7 December 2007 Deodar III is put through her paces on Wellington Habour.
- Operational policing: Operation EMZ poses challenges
- Policing in the community: Community partnership deals to damage
- Policing in the community: More sensitive approach for sudden death kin
- Policing in the community: Derby marks Opotiki Blue Light comeback
- New policing tools: Deodar III makes a splash in Capital
- New policing tools: New photo system recognises faces
- Police dogs: Police dog breeding programme ahead of schedule
- Police dogs: Capital duo secure champs

Community Edition 303 - 9 November 2007 Tasman district vehicles will sport the White Ribbon Day sticker to reinforce the anti-violence message.
- White ribbons roll out to symbolise end to violence
- Fleet sports white ribbons
- Bows across city bridges
- A challenging time for relationships
- High-risk drivers on right track
- Skills develop on safe cycling course
- Buddhist community embraces Police
- Double the fun at Fundays
- World record catch likely

Community Edition 302 - 12 October 2007 Sergeant Simon Mapp with a silent alarm.
- North Shore Police partner with Safer Families Foundation to reduce family violence
- Ola Fa'asaoina road safety programme
- Teaching young people to avoid dangerous cars
- Petone's Jackson Street flats project Hanga Oranga a iwi Ngoi Ngakau
- Arms Code rewritten to make it easier to read
- Offender nabbed by solent alarm
- Next Open Day at Police College 23 Feb 2008
- Police artifacts cleaned up
- Pipe Band returns from Edinburgh Military Tattoo

Community Edition 300 - 14 September 2007 Attendees at one of the Christchurch All about Me training sessions. From left: Veronica Chatwin, Educational Child Care Centre, Dallington Christchurch; Constable Kate Brown, Police Education Officer, North Canterbury; Lyn Roberts-Thomson, CPS Trainer; and Jenny Hall, Mairehau First Learners.
- Young people getting help against text bullying
- Early childhood training rolls out
- Students present winning essays to Police Executive
- Problem-solving approach serves Otahuhu
- Community policing in Maāngere and Papatoetoe
- PC stamps his mark on the Police College
- Police hook up with Te Papa
- Police volunteers aid Special Olympic athletes
- Officers secure WWII remains

Community Edition 300 - 17 August 2007 Enzo - a loyal, brave and promising Police dog killed during a manhunt near Tauranga.
- Pay respects to Police dog Enzo, killed during a manhunt
- Operation Hammer in Christchurch making an impact on residential and commercial burglaries
- We wrap up the operational trial of the Taser
- Commissioner Howard Broad visits Dunedin 'scarfies' who helped police track down an alleged murderer
- Dunedin staff celebrate Māori language week
- NZ Police rugby team taking on the full might of the All Blacks


Community Edition 299 - 20 July 2007 Giving recycling a push. From left, Dunedin Detective Mike Bracegirdle and Dunedin Central Building Supervisor John Geeves amidst the yellow recycling bins and cardboard.
- Acting on the carbon neutrality message
- Recycling plays its part
- Sustainability plan the way forward
- Policing out in the field
- Youth Quest sets new direction for wayward teens
- Buddhist temple hosts ethnic seminar
- Motorcycle ride a smashing success
- Hot or cold, rain or shine - police must get through


Community Edition 298 - 22 June 2007 A bit of monkey business at the recent Mystery Creek Fieldays saw a gorilla take the recruiting message to the masses.
- Gorillas in the Myst(ery Creek)
- New staff allocated in second wave
- Police present to Hindu conference
- Unity through diversity
- 'Regular irregularity' key to breath testing
- Massive call volumes handled better
- SNEN proving its worth

 

 

Community Edition 297 - 25 May 2007 Public responses are wanted for the Police Act Review.
- Police call for public discussion on future of policing
- Code of Conduct update
- Expert interviewing techniques aid Irish corruption inquiry
- Project Mana enhances living conditions
- Families tackle violence issues
- Tonga contingent boosts community spirit and resources

 

 

 

Community Edition 296 - 27 April 2007 Members of the National Community Policing Group. From left: National Manager, Superintendent Bill Searle; Strategic Advisor, Rachael Bambery; National Manager Neighbouurhood Support New Zealand, Ingrid Stonhill and Manager Community Support, Inspector Morris Cheer. Photo New Zealand.
- Community policing has national impetus
- Raoul evacuation mission recognised
- Pacific pou unveiled
- Kiwi name lives on in Tonga
- Getting specific with Pacific youth
- Police Act Review - an opportunity to have your say
- Bobbies back on the beat

Community Edition 295 - 30 March 2007 Commissioner Broad at the media conference following the public release of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Contact report. Photo Phil Reid, DominionPost.
- Responding to the Commission of Inquiry
- Canterbury police get amongst the community
- Pipe Band drums up historic win
- Response to lahar “easier than exercises”
- Encouraging visitor safety
- Publishing histories of policing
- Erebus crash workers receive special service medal
- Tact and Tenacity launched

Community Edition 294 - 2 March 2007 Photo New Zealand Police.
- Sworn staff numbers top 8000
- DLOs help break barriers
- Diversity role brings frontline benefits
- Prime Minister endorses DLO role
- Op Top City - a combined district effort
- Asian community encouraged to report
- SNEN demo three months on
- First round of consultation on Police Act concludes

Community Edition 293 - 2 February 2007 Lower Hutt officer Constable Guy Bradley uses LiveScan to capure fingerprints. Photo Fiona Foxall, New Zealand Police.
- LiveScan finger printing to go national
- Lowest road toll in 46 years
- Resource helps businesses prevent crime
- 1000 clan labs in 10 years
- New Year honours
- Conspiracy story makes it to the movies
- Taser trial ongoing
- Taser bridges gap in tactical options
- The full Monty

Community Edition 292 - 8 December 2006 An uplifting experience - the 20 tonne forklift hoists a Bedford van aspart of the Operatioin Cortez search process. Photo Rob Walker, New Zealand Police.
- Staff receive Erebus medal
- Fire rescue earns double bravery award
- Pitcairn work recognised
- River search challenges divers
- Operation Cortez furnishes result
- Compusketch face helps conviction
- Kiwi cops bust Afghani opium
- Survivor recounts chilling story

Community Edition 291 - 10 November 2006 Commissioner Howard Broad and Inspector Ged Byers, National Family Violence Coordinator, wear their white ribbons in support of White Ribbon Day. Photo Rob Lee, New Zealand Police.
- 25 November is White Ribbon Day
- Taking a stand against violence towards women
- Christchurch Family Safety Team weekly meetings
- Christchurch’s Alcohol Accord
- Canine crime-fighters celebrate 50th anniversary
- Police Dogs introduced in 1956
- Tasman District Search and Rescue
- Kitesurfing a new SAR challenge
- Tracking system helps locate mentally impaired

Community Edition 290 - 13 October 2006 Civilian SAR member Norm Shaw tackle the difficult descent. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Body recovery poses SAR challenge
- Restoring order with car dismantlers
- Helping the settlers settle
- Emergency Card prompts early contact
- Middle man brings everyone together
- Stab Resistant Body Armour design finalised
- Tyre database provides investigative tool
- EM bail underway
- Training package addresses sudden death
- Home and work combine for sole-charge officer
- Solomon's service comes to an end
- Shooting Kiwiana

Community Edition 289 - 15 September 2006 The funeral of the Maori Queen last month was a significant operation for Waikato District police. Photo Mark Taylor Waikato Times.
- Forward planning key to huge task
- Great honour follows close relationship
- Countdown to SNEN lift-off
- SNEN - What is it and why are we doing it?
- SNEN Centre Manager appointed
- Greater maritime role for Deodar III
- Human Rights training for staff
- Research probes public perceptions of police
- Pacific Island dog-handling training programme launched
- Kiwis get locals on bikes
- Perseverance admired by officer
- Kidney disease doesn’t curb passion for job
- Massey’s Cossacks storm 1913 Strike exhibition
- Women in policing celebrated
- An indispensable continuum in the history-recording process

Community Edition 288 - 18 August 2006 Hastings Constable Scott Webster with cannabis seedlings taken during Operation Oyster. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Fighting crime: Organised crime in Eastern dealt crushing blow
- Fighting crime: Team work catches thieves
- Fighting crime: Crime cameras ten years on
- Our people: Dedication to search and rescue wins award
- Auckland City: Initiatives prompt drop in city crime
- Auckland City: Crime scene attendants get results
- Auckland City: Dedicated unit for investigating sexual assaults
- Auckland City: Cleaning up youth gangs
- Timor-Leste: Helping people to feel safe in their community
- Timor-Leste: Rebuilding Becora
- Timor-Leste: People too scared to rebuild after arson
- Timor-Leste: Investigators same the world over
- Timor-Leste: Officers return to help Timorese
- Dogs: Ed rearing to go

Community Edition 287 - 21 July 2006 is not available.

Community Edition 286 - 23 June 2006 Acting Southland Area Commander Inspector Barry Taylor (left) and OC of the NZ Police National Dive Team Senior. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Dedication and bravery marked difficult search
- Great Southern land offers unique challenges
- Mystery of missing daughter just didn't add up
- Operation Sundae a sweet success
- Motorists stopped when least expected
- New role a first for district
- Southland kids glow
- Giving kids a trips of a lifetime
- Building a modern NZ Police
- Biggest purpose-built policing centre opens
- Family violence standard a first
- Ed on the mend
- Dog section turns 50
- Long-serving staff member farewelled
- A family affair
- Niue now on air
- Staff honoured in Queen's Birthday list

Community Edition 285 - 26 May 2006 This year's Budget provides for 406 additional police staff in the coming financial year as part of the 1250 new staff promised by Government over the next three years. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Budget boosts staff numbers
- New uniform for temporary sworn staff
- TV show sparks recruit interest
- Rural, urban, ethnic mix make a unique district
- Hammer hits hard
- Operation takes aim at rural drink driving
- Operations better than OK
- Initiatives address family violence
- TOFU provides healthy option
- Tackling congestion a key task
- New policing centre ready for action
- An eye for identifying cars
- The Russian connection
- Station visit builds ethnic bridges
- Blue Light Bangers go down well
- Judge steals show
- ANZAC Day 2006

Community Edition 284 - 28 April 2006 New Commissioner of New Zealand Police Howard Broad (right) with Deputy Commissioners Lyn Provost and Rob Pope. Photo New Zealand Police.
- A Broad view on crime and crash reduction
- Officers on track to improve rail safety
- Taser operational trial to begin
- Working to prevent text bullying
- Operation weaken exercises police strength
- Zero tolerance on killing fields
- New victim service offers help
- Operation Phuket officially ends
- New legislation underway
- Keeping it in the family

Community Edition 283 - 31 March 2006 Inspector Gerry Prins, Manager Emergency Management, OoC with the contents of the new personal protection equipment kits for use in the event of an outbreak of a major infectious disease. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Kits provide right level of protection
- Police and Pacific mingle at Pasifika
- Programme responds to domestic violence in Pacific
- Group approach fills in 'blanks'
- Camp transforms abuse victims
- Youth driver programme cuts reoffending rate
- CCTV deters offenders
- Cycle safety for all kids
- St Christopher adopted as business as usual
- Officers joining from UK begin conversion course
- Assisting with ANZAC commemorations
- Kiwi efforts help Afghanistan police development
- Police awarded fellowship two years running
- Anniversaries marked by parade
- Police pipe bands fly the flag

Community Edition 282 - 3 March 2006 Detective Sergeant Mark Chenery with 8.1 kilograms of methamphetamine seized in a joint NZ Police/Customs operation. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Crystal meth seizure an $8m NZ record
- Police on-side with Sevens crowd
- Sea survival stuns rescuers
- Soccer festival helps break down barriers
- Shutterbug's festival photos on display
- Advice given to students
- Dentist gets in burglars' faces
- Districts cooperate to reduce road deaths
- Comm Cens performance on the up
- Trust established to develop dog section
- Recruits to benefit from new driver training track
- Alcohol data pinpoints hotspots
- Helping hand for high-risk families
- Keeping kids safer every day
- New road policing boss - no apology for tough line on speeding
- RNZPC driver trainer piloting runners around Australia
- WWII volunteer thanked

Community Edition 281 - 3 February 2006 Senior Constable John McGrail wearing the Stab Resistant Body Armour about to be adopted. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Staff safety takes major step forward
- Bomb detection skills tested on trains
- Drivers reminded to slow down near schools
- Small station policing
- Biggest issue is distance
- Greater capacity to help immediately
- Arresting collection of old police vehicles
- Former boss heads honours list
- New service medal recognises tsunami work
- Returning stolen property a buzz
- Police demo delights sick kids
- Rural police need to deal with a million things at once

Community Edition 280 - 9 December 2005 Members of the NZ Police National Dive Squad helped prepare the F69 for sinking as a dive wreck. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Police help scuttle old Navy frigate
- Capitaine Bougainville loss commemorated
- Strike achieves plenty of guilty pleas
- Good results from cannabis operation
- Ngakia Kia Puawai to reduce offending by Maori
- Tasman honoured to host conference
- Sympathies extended
- New 'blue' reality series on Maori television
- Rain doesn't dampen enthusiasm for show
- Students step outside comfort zone
- Family Safety Team launched
- New group to manage international face of NZ Police
- Surplus gear finds new home in Niue
- A 'reasonable sort of cop'
- Northland farewells Rangatira
- 'Little dog with big heart' bows out
- Silver anniversary for RNZPC
- Driving kit developed for international students
- More languages added to website

Community Edition 279 - 11 November 2005 Constable Grant Holder issues a ticket at the beginning of Eastern Districts Operation Saint Christopher which aims to change behaviours contributing to road deaths - speeding, drink driving, and not wearing safety belts. Photo by Duncan Brown, Hawke's Bay Today
- Tackling road trauma with hard-hitting op
- The start of a long operation
- 'Big Bore' nets boy racers
- Resources developed for Asian community
- Levin's wireless crime camera network a first
- Police put on ‘do' for students
- Physical evidence doesn't lie
- New Minister for NZ Police
- Commissioner to retire
- Palmerston North staff say goodbye to sixty-eight years of station history
- Installing new cells like 'putting together Lego'
- Time capsule reveals lost station plans
- Police vehicle powered by coconut
- Energy efficiency programme focuses on performance and comfort

Community Edition 278 - 29 October 2005 Hard work by the NZ Police Auckland Photography Section helped secure a prosecution in an interesting case recently. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Big wins by forensic photography section
- Haul of stolen goods recovered
- Ten-7 items result in arrests
- Aiming for a violence-free family life
- New survey equipment improves crash analysis
- New unit to combat identity crime
- Crowd awed by emergency call demo
- Building relationship with youngsters
- 'Walking the talk' wins award
- Fallen comrades remembered
- Old police tradition revived
- New national coordinator says now time to act on thinking

Community Edition 277 - 16 September 2005 Pictured(L to R): Tessa Watson, Project Manager, Lifelinks; Peter de Boer, Social Worker; Inspector Craig McKay, Canterbury Operations Commander; Mitch Rakatau, Social Worker. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Arrest referral trial gives good results
- Children learn 'tracks are for trains'
- Crime down across the board
- 111 resources now online
- Driving is a core skill
- DVI exercise tests staff and systems
- Trainer beats Yanks at their own game
- Heavy enforcement cuts road toll
- Kiwi honoured for family violence work
- Police 'family' helps athlete realise dream
- Staff commemorate end of WW II
- Celebrating 119 years of NZ Police

Community Edition 276 - 19 August 2005 Recruits graduating at the Royal New Zealand Police College. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Campaigns aim to attract more staff
- Recruiting with an ethnic perspective
- NZ home to Chiefs of Police
- Pacific police chief grateful for NZ help
- Kiwis help bust huge 'meth' operation in Fiji
- Drivers reminded to drive to the conditions
- Afghan president attends graduation
- RAMSI marks 2nd anniversary
- NZ Police Pipe Band impresses overseas
- Multilingual phrase book updated
- Turbulent history documented in latest book

Community Edition 275 - 22 July 2005 The annual agricultural Fieldays held in June at Mystery Creek provided NZ Police with the opportunity to reach rural New Zealanders. Photo Waikato Times
- Police emphasise safety on farms at Fieldays
- Rural policing brings challenges and rewards
- RAPID numbers pinpoint rural properties
- Comms Centres boost staff numbers
- Rural policing a balancing act
- Northland full of contrasts
- Kids encouraged to do the right thing
- Lions operation goes smoothly
- Police bikes back on Christchurch streets
- Painting the town orange

Community Edition 274 - 24 June 2005 Detective Constable Logan with stolen house parts recovered in Operation Rhino. Photo New Zealand Police.
- Operation Rhino fills shipping containers
- Early arrest for double homicide
- Swift arrest in Operation Painter
- Staff step up to recruiting challenge
- Comms Centres - the way forward
- Comms Centres National Manager appointed
- Centre staff have busy weekend
- Good design prevents crime
- New booze buses boost roadside CBT capability
- Service information available in seven languages
- Community patrols challenged to build on relationship with police
- 'Memory aid' for campervan drivers
- Brochure offers driving tips for visitors
- Programme aims to turn boys around

Community Edition 273 - 27 May 2005 The quick actions of Constable Craig Bennett saved Juliette (3), mother Mary-Jane, and Aiden McKinlay (5) from a house fire in Dunedin recently.
- Dunedin constable saves family from fire
- Budget provides boost to front-line staffing
- 'Very real sense of urgency' to Comms changes
- New Board sets way forward
- Commission of Inquiry reconvenes
- Police winners with waka ama
- Detective to lead New Zealand Lions
- New recruit crazy about cops
- Helping rebuild policing services in Banda Aceh
- NZ Police were represented at ANZAC commemorations both here and overseas

Community Edition 272 - 29 April 2005 Senior Sergeant Dexter Traill at the Central Communications Centre.
- Advisory Board to oversee Comms Centres
- Swift work averts train derailment
- Operation Phuket - 100 days on
- Kiwi working bee rebuilds women's refuge
- Bougainville rotation gains expert knowledge
- Bogan car demonstrates illegal modifications
- Public support tough line on speeding drivers
- Children step out safely
- Fishing for good behaviour
- Familiar face takes on new role
- Success for pipe bands

Community Edition 271 - 1 April 2005 Acting Detective Sergeant Neil Crimstone(left) and Detective Senior Sergeant Mark Gutry, face the media at a press conference during the Zhao kidnapping enquiry. Photo by Sergeant Mike Whitaker, New Zealand Police.
- Chinese community key factor in arrests
- Kiwis help rebuild Afghan police force
- Police presence a hit at festival
- Recruiting now and next generation
- Initiatives aim to put brakes on vehicle crime
- Not just another day at the office
- Tighter licensing controls for secondhand dealers and pawnbrokers

Community Edition 270 - 4 March 2005 Photo montage by Trevor George, New Zealand Police.
- Let's get some perspective
- Going the extra mile
- Looking beyond the tickets
- Crime down, resolution up
- Confidence in crime stats
- Ethnic responsiveness
- Officers attend Big Gay Out
- Kilikiti binds police and Pacific peoples
- NEWCOPS programme targets ethnic communities

Community Edition 269 - 4 February 2005 Surrounded by a sterilising mist at Wat Yan Yao mortuary site were from left: Constable Alan Hendrickson, Sergeant Peter Summerfiled and Constables Karl Wilson and Phil Simmonds. Photo New Zealand Herald
- Rapid response to Tsunami's destruction
- Staff work with families of missing and surviving travellers
- Survivors offered help at airports
- Roads calmer this Christmas
- Officers recognised in honours list
- Police win helps fund-raise
- Reducing risk of handbag snatches
- Commissioner looks to consolidate during term
- New commander acknowledges remote roles

Community Edition 268 - 10 December 2004 Kerry Proctor, newly appointed coordinator of the Tairawhiti Abuse Intervention Network. Photo Gisbourne Herald
- Network aims for early intervention
- Family safety teams focus on intervention
- Officers standby for lahar operation
- Police help clean up vineyard employment practices
- Volunteer devoted to helping police
- 'Many triggers' a constant reminder of Mt Erebus recovery operation
- Operation cleans up furniture trade
- Dangers of 'P' spelt out to islanders

Community Edition 267 - 12 November 2004 Detective Senior Sergeant Aaron Proctor, OC Auckland Metro DNA Squad, unloads some of the 1500 back capture and buccal scrape samples received by ESR during May. Bracing herself against the sudden increase in her workload is ESR's Alexandra Burnett, who is responsible for preparing the results. Photo Constable Duncan Jefferies, New Zealand Police.
- 'Back capture' results in successful DNA hits
- Detectives play it by the book
- Crusade halts city gang activity
- Heat goes on Clan Lab staff
- Close ties form bedrock of Op Roar
- Shared Intel behind crime reduction programmes
- Relationship impresses
- Leadership and innovation earn Australasian Awards
- Commission of Inquiry adjourned to early next year
- Memorial grows from small beginnings

Community Edition 266 - 15 October 2004 Two Child Abuse Team investigators at Puawaitahi; Detective Constable Leah Simunic and Duncan Bull. Photo Chris Anderson, New Zealand Police.
- Multi-agency approach blossoms
- Wider group achieves goals
- Collective effort prevents inner-city trouble
- Positive Pacific opportunity
- Teenagers check out booze bus
- Tackling alcohol and drugs - the big picture
- Whole of police approach targets organised crime
- Time on police side in murder investigation
- Value of motorcycle patrolling recognised
- Fallen comrades honoured and remembered

Community Edition 265 - 17 September 2004 Police staff at Jack Nicholas's Puketitiri property in the early stages of the investigation. Photo by Sergeant Graham Morrell, New Zealand Police.
- Farmers death leads to lengthy investigation
- Inquiries follow fatalities
- Latest crime statistics reflect good practice
- BoM bands together to reduce crime
- Agencies work well together
- Kiwi officers mentor local police
- Explosives detector dog team deployed overseas
- Few criminals slip through sampling
- Advanced training in fire investigation leads to new role
- Constable has perfect timing
- Young drivers hear tough testimonies

Community Edition 264 - 20 August 2004 Senior Sergeant Bruce Jenkins in his Whakatane Station office. Photo Whakatane Beacon.
- Baptism by water for new station boss
- Video encourages neighbourly groups
- Family violence will not be tolerated
- Initiatives beat truancy
- Ten 7 series continues to catch crims
- New liason post appointee named
- Real benefits from overseas ops
- Rekindling community policing in PNG
- District poupou unveiled
- Extra money for comms centres, driver training and prosecutions

Community Edition 263 - 23 July 2004 Officers carry Phillip (Piripi) Wipatene's coffin from Parihaka Pa. Photo Taranaki Daily News.
- Friends farewell 'humble' colleague
- Honouring those who fell many years ago
- An outstanding year in Samoa
- Recruits strengthen presence in community
- Asian officers enhance organisation
- Body armour trialed
- Operation Mack increases road safety awareness
- Operation dents supply
- Crime Line works
- Drugs link highlighted
- Community work recognised
- Behaviour improves in Nikau class
- What's the story in Taumarunui?

Community Edition 262 - 25 June 2004 Police at the scene of the double homicide. Photo Otago Daily Times.
- Trauma policy helps double homicide staff
- Line-up training being introduced
- New model widens focus to total crime observation
- Internationals look at local youth work cases
- Funds to crack down on drugs, boost counter-terrorism and family safety
- Body Armour evaluation beginning
- New vehicles rolled out
- Staff have a passion to make a difference
- Initiatives to help teenagers rebuild

Community Edition 261 - 28 May 2004 The Hikoi marches over the Auckland Harbour Bridge on 27 April. Photo The Dominion Post.
- Praise for pleasant and positive liason
- Operation burns hot offenders, locations
- Staff work hard in isolated conditions
- Traffic enquiries led to people-smuggling ring bust
- A more systematic approach to Intel encouraged
- Palm print system a hit
- Staff now able to arrest after landing
- Combination of police and army skills useful
- Staff race against time and tide

Community Edition 260 - 30 April 2004 Constable Gary Nilsson (left) and Senior Constable Rod Fraser, both of the Specialist Search Group, remove a simulated casualty from a plant room at the Belfast Swimming Pool in Christchurch. Photo Christchurch Press.
- Training to recognise drug-driving begins
- Police better prepared after anti-terrorist test
- On 'yer bike again... for more charities
- Mentoring scheme spreads nation-wide
- Operation Alecto
- Methamphetamine hui
- Canberra posting follows Jakarta role
- Midwifery drama adds to officer's policing skills
- Surfing cop takes title and encourages others
- Truckies given uniform speed limit
- Police history lives on
- Noise complaint ends in shooting

Community Edition 259 - 2 April 2004 Senior Constable Graham Gough. Photo New Zealand Herald.
- Second Attack fails to dampen spirits
- Visits break down barriers
- Environment forces searchers to walk away
- Community takes a stand against speeding drivers
- Fairy tales help show right for wrong
- Appeal verdicts vindicates officers
- Guilty plea welcomed by officers and family
- New traffic centre
- Firearms knowledge and experience pivotal in police training
- Driver training follows revised pursuit policy
- Criminals deterred by design changes

Community Edition 258 - 5 March 2004 Constable Maurice Partridge, an Intel officer from Lower Hutt, wades from house to house in Lower Hutt after the Waiwhetu Stream flooded. Photo The Dominion Post.
- Outstanding response by staff during flooding
- Community patrols help reduce crime
- Toddler saved at crash scene
- Staff encouraged to maintain focus, pride and professionalism
- There's no P in 'Mura-ara'
- Pharmacists take stand with police
- A wonderful career of catching crooks with dogs
- Creating value in partnerships
- Rooms with a view opens at college
- Stretched resources brings teams together
- Traffic tool targets crims
- Finding alternatives to court


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