New role a first for district
Sergeant Matt Scoles is the new face of community relations for Southern.
Matt was appointed to the role of Community Relations Coordinator in
March this year.
Matt’s role is a new initiative for Southern District and aims
to combine the management and coordination of the district’s Youth
Education staff, and look after the specialist liaison roles with Pacific
and Ethnic peoples.
Matt sees his key initiatives for the upcoming year as developing and
maintaining an ongoing liaison with Pacific and Ethnic communities within
Southern and he is currently in the process of initiating the establishment
of a Pacific Peoples advisory group.
He also hopes, in consultation with the advisory group, to develop methods
of encouraging Pacific People to recruit into the district. The recruiting
of Asian and other ethnic people is also high on Matt’s ‘to
do’ list. |