In this issue we outline how keeping kids safe is an increasingly important part of modern-day policing. One story reveals efforts to stem child abuse, and another delves into the developing issue of bullying via text messaging.

Through the eyes of three youth essay competition winners, there's an insight into how Police can do a better job.

There's also a profile of a successful Otahuhu community policing initiative which uses the problem-solving model to identify and prioritise local solutions.

The Police College recently enjoyed a visit from a well-known actor in the UK hit TV show The Bill and Wellington Police also got into acting mode as part of a Te Papa exhibition.

Finally, we share how Police volunteers helped out at the recent Special Olympics and, offshore in the Solomon Islands, explain how officers helped secure the remains of two RNZAF pilots who crashed during WWII.

Happy reading.

Rob Lee
Acting Editor Ten-One

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Young people asking for help against text bullying

So far this year, more than 150 calls have been received by NetSafe - the Internet Safety Group - from people experiencing text bullying or other kinds of harassment via mobile phones or the internet.

‘All about Me’ training rolls out

Since the launch of the new Youth Education Service programme ‘All about Me’ on 30 March this year, a national training programme for early childhood centres has been rolling out.

All about Me - Tōku Āhuatanga Whānui - was developed by the Police Youth Education Service to help early childhood centres prevent and handle evidence of child abuse.

Student winners present to bosses

Police bosses were impressed with three secondary school students who presented their winning essays to the Police Executive meeting in Auckland in late August.

The trio were selected as the winners in an essay competition held as part of the review of the 1958 Police Act.

Problem-solving approach serves community

An inter-agency, problem-solving approach is helping share the load when it comes to addressing some of the community issues in Otahuhu.

One size doesn’t fit all

In Māngere and Papatoetoe, Inspector Bruce Bird says a different community policing model operates.

“You must work with the community to design the model, so they can legitimise the actions you’re taking,” he says.

PC stamps his mark on the Police College

It was one of those ‘had to be there’ moments.

In late August, Graham Cole, one of the longest serving actors in the UK TV cop show ‘The Bill’, walked unannounced into the classroom of a group of UK officers completing their CIB training at the Royal New Zealand Police College.

Police hook up with ‘Poisoners’

Wellington Police and the New Zealand Police Museum recently featured at Te Papa to demonstrate some real crime solving techniques and to connect with visitors to Te Papa’s Poisoners! exhibition.