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Ten-One Community Edition 292 December 2006Welcome Welcome to the December 2006 Community Edition of Ten-One. In this issue, we celebrate a number of staff who have received awards, including those recognised for their work following the 1979 Mt Erebus tragedy of Air New Zealand flight TE 901. We also look at recent operational successes and reveal the CanTeen fundraising efforts of Rotorua Police staff. We outline a recent challenging operation by the Police National Dive Squad and report on Australian woman, Ingrid Poulson, who shared her tragic family violence story with NZ Police. Rob LeeActing Editor Ten-One |
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‘No shortage of staff ... to go above and beyond’by Commissioner Howard Broad I'd like to use this opportunity to reinforce how incredibly proud I am of the men and women in NZ Police. Staff receive Erebus medalA known 17 current serving staff are among a preliminary list of 133 eligible police personnel identified to receive a new medal for their part in the 1979 Mt Erebus Crash recovery, investigation and victim identification work. Fire rescue earns double bravery awardMosgiel officer Alastair Dickie’s rescue of a young boy from a Christchurch motel fire earlier this year has resulted in a Royal Humane Society Silver Medal and the 2006 Charles Upham Trust Award for Bravery. Pitcairn work recognisedSenior Constable Karen Vaughan, Wellington, has won a prestigious international policing award for her part in the investigation and prosecution of historic child sex abuse claims on Pitcairn Island. |
A day off - yeah right!Waitara STU officer, Constable Michelle Collis, has special memories of a recent day off – she spent it dealing with three potentially life and death situations. Bald on the beat - ten years on and still going strongGetting your head shaved in Rotorua to fundraise for teen cancer is as popular and successful now as it was 10 years ago. River search challenges diversPolice divers abseiling in their kit isn’t something you see every day, but a recent river operation combined above ground rope work with underwater searching. |
Operation Cortez furnishes resultTwo alleged offenders are now facing indictable charges following Palmerston North’s Operation Cortez which seized five firearms, ammunition, drugs and paraphernalia. Putting a name to a FACEA police compusketch produced on the new FACES facial imaging system played a vital role in securing an arrest and subsequent conviction of a Hawke’s Bay offender. |
Kiwi cops bust Afghani opiumNZ Police recently serving in Afghanistan helped secure a significant drug and weapons bust in late October, shortly before returning home. Survivor recounts chilling storyA keynote speaker at last month’s Police Family Violence Conference had the courage to tell the chilling story of how her estranged husband raped her, then later killed their 20-month-old son, four-year-old daughter, her 60-year-old father and then himself. |
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