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Welcome to the first Ten-One Community Edition of 2006.
We hope you had a relaxing and safe holiday break. NZ Police currently has close to 200 small (one, two, or three person) police stations, mainly in rural areas. We visit three of these stations – Murchison, Kāwhia, and Raglan. We also hear about a new road safety campaign reminding drivers to slow down near schools and we profile six police staff who, along with many other New Zealanders, were recognised in the 2006 New Year Honours List.Judith Hamblyn |
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Staff safety takes 'major step forward'
About 6,500 front line police staff are about to be measured for new Stab Resistant Body Armour (SRBA). Bomb detection skills tested on trains NZ search specialists tested their bomb detection skills on the Wellington rail network recently. |
Drivers reminded to slow down near schools A new road safety campaign reminding drivers to slow down near schools will be rolled out this month to coincide with the start of the school year. |
Small station policing NZ Police currently has close to 200 1-2-3 person stations. Most of these stations are in rural areas with the largest concentration in Central, Canterbury, and Southern districts. We visit three 1-2-3 person stations – Senior Constable Arama Chase at the one-person station at Kāwhia in Waikato District; Constables Jevon McSkimming and Jason McDonald at the two-person Murchison station in Tasman District; and Senior Constable Kevin Holmes and Constables David Litton and Carey Williamson at the three-person station in Raglan.Rural police need to be able to 'deal with a million things at once' On his first day of duty at Murchison Constable Jevon McSkimming attended three vehicle crashes – not an easy task when you are the only police member serving a 5,800 square kilometre area and the nearest backup is a 40-minute drive away in Wakefield. Constable Arama Chase, Officer in Charge of the one-person station at Kāwhia spends a lot of time alone travelling the winding gravel roads around Kāwhia, but says he wouldn’t have it any other way. Greater capacity to help immediately Raglan police have a very important addition to the first aid kit carried in their police vehicle – a portable defibrillation device. |
Arresting collection of old police vehicles on show Forty historic NZ Police vehicles representing some key moments in not only police history but also New Zealand’s social history are currently on show at the Museum of Transport and Technology in Auckland. |
Former boss heads honours list Six police officers were named in the New Year Honours List 2006, in recognition for their services to police. New service medal recognises tsunami work NZ Police staff will be recognised for their rescue, relief, and rehabilitation efforts in the aftermath of the December 2004 Boxing Day tsunami by the New Zealand Special Service Medal (NZSSM Asian Tsunami). Staff from NZ Police, NZ Defence Force, Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade, and non-government organisations are eligible for the medal. |
Returning stolen property 'a buzz' "I just love giving property back to people," says Papanui Constable Janelle McKellow. Police demo delights sick kids A dog tackle, a police chase, and a cache of hidden drugs were just a bit of light entertainment for the kids attending a holiday camp at Wesley College, near Papakura, early January. |
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