Police lights, sirens, ACTION!
What: Unveiling of a decommissioned patrol car upcycled as a mini cinema for watching ‘Ride Along’.
Who: Commissioner Richard Chambers, the cast of Ride Along Vlog and members of Police Recruitment
Why: To recruit more police officers
Where: The Roxy Cinema, 5 Park Road, Miramar, Wellington 6022
When: Saturday 2 August from 10am.
• 10am -11.45am - Recruitment event and media opportunity
• 12.15pm – Fundraiser showing of ‘Fantastic Four’ movie.
How: Big Buddy https://www.bigbuddy.org.nz/ is fundraising and selling cinema tickets for a 12.15pm showing of Fantastic Four after the media event. Ticket holders will be invited to arrive from 11am to view and check out the car cinema. At 11.45am ticket holders will take their seats in the cinema.
Media RSVP: media@police.govt.nz (If you’re attending please arrive at the venue by 10am for photo and interview opportunities.)
Commissioner Richard Chambers will be hosting the event alongside Constables Jake, Sophia, Steven, and Jess – the four officers who feature in the New Zealand Police vlog, Ride Along.
Commissioner Chambers says “New Zealand Police relaunched popular vlog series, Ride Along, as part of the D500 recruitment campaign in March 2025.
The series is an entertaining but real insight into policing and follows four constables and their day-to-day lives on the job.
Many officers tell me they were inspired to apply because of the original series of Ride Along. Since its re-launch, over 1.5M people have viewed it and our New Zealand Police YouTube followers have increased more than 5k.
We will continue to ramp up our recruitment efforts for this programme of work and applicant numbers remain strong,” says Commissioner Chambers.
All Ride Along cast will attend the launch and will be part of the recruitment campaign which runs from 10am. Come along and meet our ‘stars’.
The mini cinema will feature at other recruitment events across the country soon.
In June 2025 Police received 643 applications to become a constabulary officer. This is almost two thirds higher than the average levels over the same month in the preceding three years.
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Issued by Police Media Centre
