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JULY 2018
Big
Game
Targeting the top end
of organised crime
Family matters Māori and crime Dream team
Your guide to parental leave Looking back to go forward Cops helping kids
Contents
6 Fighting
organised crime 12 Farewell,
Gerry
14 Saving
the city 10 History lessons
for Police
4 Special delivery: The Association’s Parental 14 The dream team: How our members help Regulars
Leave Pack arrives make wishes come true for critically ill children
20 Brain Teaser
5 Comms rosters: Survey pinpoints problems with 17 Between the Lines: Membership hacks from 20 Keen on Beer
preference-based scheduling the Member Services Centre team 21 Keen on Wine
25 Letters
6 Cover story: Extra police staff will boost the 17 Ask Your Aunty
work of the National Organised Crime Group 27 Memorial Wall
18 Most Wanted: Angus McLean’s book reviews 27 Contacts
9 Iam Keen
19 The Tech Files: Fingerprint scanners
10 History lessons: Police adviser Simone Bull’s
Wall Walk puts the goal of reducing reoffending 19 Fast Facts: Roadside Assistance
by Māori in a historical context 22 Sport: Sports Diary; hunting; Winter Games
12 Obituary: Gerry Cunneen 24 Postcards from… Nelson
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NEWS AND VIEWS
from the
President
Book reviews 18 B
y October, we will have the
results of an extensive Police and
Independent Police Conduct
use of fatal force, there are dreadful
consequences for the families of the
victims, and there is also potential
Authority joint review of fleeing driver psychological harm, if not physical harm
events, and the Association has been as well, for officers involved in fatal fleeing
assured of an opportunity to review and driver incidents. Added to that, months,
provide feedback on the draft report. and in the worst cases years, can go by
The joint review is designed to produce before officers know the result of inquiries
a better understanding of behaviour in the into what may have been a split-second
fleeing driver/pursuit environment – an decision to engage in a pursuit or risk a
area of growing concern for lawmakers, suspected offender escaping immediate
first responders and the wider public. apprehension.
22
Police and the IPCA have spent the past In anticipation of the IPCA/Police report,
year collating raw data – a process to the association is gathering research
Sport which many of you will have contributed. from around the world, and in particular
The data consists of all fleeing driver Australia, to make sure we are as informed
events in the year to June 30, 2018, as possible about policy options that best
together with a case-study analysis of protect our members. We believe that
a random 10 per cent of fleeing driver informed decisions are those grounded in
events in the 18 months to June 30, 2018. solid data.
The challenges of a such a review should It is fair to ask why all the focus is on
not be underestimated. police behaviour when it is the refusal
This is one of the most complex of the driver to stop that triggers the
examples of competing policy goals. pursuit and the ensuing driving that too
Officers are expected to use reasonable often ends tragically. That is why we refer
powers to enforce the law and they have to “fleeing driver incidents” rather than
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to balance that with the twin expectation “police pursuits”.
Postcards from... of keeping the community safe from Because a fleeing driver has already
Nelson those who break the law. demonstrated disdain for the law, it is
We already know that the data collected our responsibility to develop policy that
will include evidence that the vast majority guides officers in how to balance law
of pursuits are called off, abandoned or enforcement and community safety.
last little more than seconds. However, The unfortunate truth of this matter,
the data will also remind us of far too as the Queensland State Coroner so
many tragic losses of life and serious, succinctly put it in his report on that
life-altering injuries. In the period under state’s pursuit policy, is “youths have been
review, 18 people, most of them young, fleeing from police since police forces
Phone: (04) 496 6800 have been killed in fleeing driver incidents. were invented”.
When I relay those statistics to my
Fax: (04) 471 1309
counterparts in other police associations,
Editor: Ellen Brook
they are astounded, and rightly so. Some
Email: editor@policeassn.org.nz say no pursuit is worth a life; others, such
Website: www.policeassn.org.nz as the Police Association of Victoria, argue
Facebook: www.facebook.com/ that their no-pursuit policy means “hoons
nzpoliceassociation have been given the green light to get
Twitter: @nzpoliceassn away with their offending behaviour while
thumbing their noses at police”. Chris Cahill
As I have said in relation to the president@policeassn.org.nz
JULY 2018 | 3
The Buzz For everything you wanted to know about parental
leave, but were afraid to ask, the Police Association
has compiled a guide for mothers and partners.
No 14
Where Police ranks in a
recruitment company survey of
Parental care advised
B
New Zealand workers on the 20 ecoming a parent is one of the I tell?”, “What happens if I can’t wear
best workplaces for work-life most basic and natural aspects of my SRBA any more?” and “How much
balance and job security. Air being human, but deciding how time off can I have?” to “How do flexible
New Zealand was No 1. to fit that into your working life can be employment options work?”, “What
– stuff.co.nz complicated. about childcare?” and “Can I breastfeed
And when you’re about to welcome a at work?”
new member of the family, you want to The answers can vary depending on
keep life as calm and happy as possible. your personal situation, so the pack seeks
“BEYOND A team at the Police Association, to cover as many options as possible,
including Detective Sergeant Sally including some advice that is specific to
DANGEROUS.” Patrick, who suggested the idea, has put partners.
together the Parental Leave Pack (PLP). Two of the most complex aspects
Wellington Road Policing Senior It’s a comprehensive guide for mothers are varying types of parental leave and
Sergeant Thomas McIntyre and partners on what you need to know parental leave payments, including filling
after two motorcyclists are throughout a pregnancy or adoption and out IRD forms. The team reckons that
clocked at 247kmh on SH2 the parental leave process. after navigating your way through those,
near Wellington. They were not The six-part pack provides a step-by- child-rearing will be a breeze.
caught. – NZ Police step guide to the sometimes complex And don’t forget that if you are a
system of your employment rights and member of the Police Welfare Fund, you
entitlements. will be paid a birth benefit of $50 for one
It covers each phase of the process, child and $200 for a multiple birth.
from the moment you find out you are There is also a $300 benefit available to
going to become a parent until returning help with the legal costs of adoption. In
to work from parental leave, with advice addition, from July 1, if you sign your baby
and a checklist for each section. up with the Health Plan, you will receive
One thing the PLP team was acutely $200, on condition they stay in the plan
aware of when putting together the for five years.
pack was that there are always a lot of The PLP will be available on our website
questions, ranging from “Who should from early July.
Waikato Police go large on
recovery of Kiwi boxer David
Nyika’s stolen Commonwealth
Games gold medal.
– Waikato Police Facebook
“Offenders are now
able to do real harm
to people they have
(available from The Cop Shop, copshop.nz)
never met, in places
they have never been.”
Photo: LITTLE POPPET CLOTHING
Commissioner Mike Bush
on why Police needs more
resources to combat crime on
the dark web. – NZ Herald
4 | JULY 2018
NEWS AND VIEWS
The results of a combined Police/Police Association survey suggest processes need to improve to raise morale and satisfaction with the comms rostering system.
Survey pinpoints roster failures
T
he preference-based scheduling percentage who rated their system poorly groups were relatively positive about
(PBS) roster system used in Police was 41 per cent (40% said it was adequate their work-life balance and their ability to
comms centres has been shown to and 20% were positive). plan their work schedules around their
have been a failure. While supervisors were the most negative home life.
PBS is one of two rostering systems of the three groups, all three had only
• All three groups were unanimous that
used in Police comms centres and both relatively small numbers who rated the
several staffing aspects of scheduling
have rated poorly in a recent staff survey. processes as good or very good.
were getting worse, such as: ensuring
Combining that with other staff feedback, The results suggest processes need to
staff were not overbusy; ensuring there
the Police Association now considers PBS improve for all three groups to raise morale
were enough staff on shifts to meet
to have been an experiment that has failed. and satisfaction with the rostering system.
demand; and providing relief cover. PBS
PBS was introduced at the insistence The main issues identified in the survey
staff also commented on the unfairness
of Police in the 2015 pay round and has were:
of the shift allocations.
caused significant and ongoing angst for • Words and phrases selected by PBS
many staff. communicators to describe the planning • Base roster communicators were not
Three years ago PBS was applied to all phase were “a hassle”, “stressful”, “takes particularly happy with the process to
new staff. The original base roster system too long” and “difficult”, although 57 per handle sliding shifts and with the level of
has continued for existing communicators cent said it was worth the time and effort notice that a shift had slid.
and supervisors. of having input into shifts.
• There was a need for more information
The base system consists of progressive
• PBS communicators found it difficult to and practical training for all parties,
rosters generated four to six weeks ahead,
find the time to enter their preferences particularly supervisors.
with sliding shift changes being made
into the system.
up to 28 days ahead and with changes The association knows there are
still being made after this time. The PBS • Both supervisors and PBS members who joined Police comms on
process involves planning and entering shift communicators were fairly negative the basis that they could have some choice
preferences through stages of negotiation about the negotiation process (46% of over their work hours and we know they
and shift swapping until the schedules are PBS communicators were negative, 21% are comfortable with the system. However,
finalised for three months ahead. were positive). the issues with PBS are irresolvable, which
The combined Police/Police Association has left the association, and Police, with a
• Many supervisors said it was more
survey done earlier this year covered three dilemma of how to move smoothly away
difficult to support PBS communicators
groups – staff working under both systems from PBS. Although there may not be
and encourage teamwork than it was
and supervisors. unanimous support for what a replacement
with base roster communicators.
The results showed that 61 per cent of system would look like, it has to be better
However, PBS communicators did feel
the surveyed supervisors rated the process than PBS.
strongly supported by their supervisors.
as poor and very poor (16% said it was Frustration with rostering has boiled
adequate, 7% said it was very good and • Both groups of communicators were over for one comms staffer who has
good). Among PBS communicators, 30 per relatively negative about being able to written a letter to Police News expressing
cent gave a total negative rating (46% said it work their allocated shifts or their roster the view that PBS has been a complete
was adequate and 24% were positive). without feeling overtired and without it failure and recounting rostering “horror
Among base roster communicators, the affecting their wellbeing. However, both stories” from colleagues. See Letters, p25.
JULY 2018 | 5
COVE R S TO RY
Taking
the fight
to the top
Detective Superintendent Greg
Williams manages the National
Organised Crime Group, which
works in partnership with
government agencies and the
private sector to disrupt criminal
activity at the top end.
An extra 700 Police staff
being drafted in to fight
A recentlly seized
organised crime is good suitcase of cocaine.
news for the National
Organised Crime Group
(NOCG), which targets
top-end crims and their
associates as part of a
strategy to reduce the
social harm caused by
gangs and drugs. Ellen
Brook reports.
Bikes and guns are
signature assets in
criminal networks.
6 | JULY 2018
W “We have to make the
ith the injection of 700 extra
staff into the fight against
organised crime in New
Zealand, there will be considerable environment in which organised
expansion of the National Organised
Crime Group, overseen by Detective crime is operating in New Zealand
Superintendent Greg Williams at PNHQ.
The NOCG targets the top tier of as harsh as we can.”
organised crime and already has a proven
track record since morphing from OFCANZ
(Organised and Financial Crime Agency of
New Zealand) into the NOCG in April 2017,
bringing all its work back under the Police
umbrella.
Exact details of how the 700 extra staff
will be deployed are yet to be finalised,
but they will be spread among district
organised crime teams, support resources
and the NOCG.
Working with local and international
partners, the NOCG team has already
prosecuted key people driving the drug
trade in New Zealand.
Late last month, in an operation led
by Northland District and supported by
NOCG, 22 people, ranging in age from 18
to 57, several of whom were patched gang
members or associates, were arrested
in Northland and charged with a range
of offences involving sale and supply of
methamphetamine.. Large amounts of cash, smuggled precursor drugs and an operational clan lab dismantled by police.
In the past year the NOCG has “disrupted”
17 transnational organised crime groups
“We know the problem and we know destination, it’s also a desirable place to do
in New Zealand, “restrained” between
the solution – it’s not rocket science – but drug business.
$14 million and $18 million in assets
effecting that involves using intelligence to “The product is imported into an already
and charged 127 people with a range of
direct resources to the right places,” Greg established market and the profits are
offences linked to organised crime, meth,
says. moved back offshore,” says Greg. The
cocaine, cannabis and money laundering.
The NOCG has 125 staff. There are 97 tendrils extend to China, Hong Kong,
It sounds impressive, and it is, but it’s only
constables and 28 Police employees Korea, Eastern Europe, the United States
the tip of a meth-laden iceberg.
working in nine task forces – six in and South America.
To get an idea of the extent of the
Auckland, one in Tauranga and two in “New Zealand is seen by these groups as
problem, Greg refers to an unusual but
Wellington. a great place to do business because of
reliable source of information – our waste
Imagine what they might be able to what people are prepared to pay for the
water system.
achieve with more eyes, ears and feet on product. It’s cheap to ship it in, by whatever
“Waste water analysis in Christchurch has
the ground, because there is so much means – smuggling by people or as cargo
shown 87 grams of meth being consumed in
ground to cover and a lot of dots to join up. – and once the product is here, the gang
the city each day for the past year. Meth costs
However, as Greg says: “We cannot do this networks are all set up ready to retail it.”
$500 to $600 per gram, so that equates to
alone. We have to make the environment in He points to an alleged Mongrel Mob
about $50,000 a day going into the pockets
which organised crime is operating in New operation in Kawerau where up to $2.6
of organised crime in Canterbury.”
Zealand as harsh as we can.” million worth of meth was dealt into that
That works out to $350,000 a week
And that means working with the public relatively small community.
and more than $19 million a year in
and private sectors and communities to “It’s in those communities that the
Christchurch.
disrupt activity. social harm caused by organised crime
Police is hoping to access waste water
The money involved, and the scale of is most obvious,” he says. “It manifests
analysis from across the country later this
the market being created and exploited in poor social wellbeing, health issues,
year, so get ready to hear some more
by what are essentially gang franchises, lower education outcomes, increased
eye-wateringly large dollar amounts being
is huge, because, as it turns out, New unemployment and criminal activity
channelled, tax free, into the pockets of
Zealand is not only an appealing tourist leading to imprisonment.
criminals.
JULY 2018 | 7
“The real tragedy is the ongoing
intergenerational impact on our children.
“The real tragedy is the ongoing
That’s why the identification, investigation intergenerational impact on our children.
and dismantling of that top end is so
important.” That’s why the identification, investigation
There are several ways of achieving
that. People manufacturing meth need and dismantling of that top end is so
chemicals, glassware and precursors,
so police target those supply chains to
important.”
break them. Another significant strategy is policing to understanding the entire The group also works with internal
disrupting the movement of illicit cash. environment and then being able to partners on support projects in regions
A great deal of the drug cash piled disrupt it. such as Northland and Bay of Plenty that
up in back rooms ends up on a money “In a very simple way,” Greg says, are aimed at reducing the market for
laundering highway, with many pit stops “one focus is on people importing and methamphetamine by getting users into
along the way – accountants, lawyers, wholesaling illicit drugs into New Zealand treatments centres. “That is also part of
money remitters and other international and distribution across the country, while at disrupting the market while at the same
networks that move money internationally the district level they are dealing with retail time reducing harm in the community,”
for organised crime groups. outlets.” Greg says.
Many millions of dollars are remitted out At the back end of the NOCG’s work are “Each time we identify a part of a network,
of New Zealand every year. other areas that also require resourcing – then uncouple it from that network, we are
“Any organised crime group is simply cyber crime, the Electronic Crime Labs, taking out people who are prepared to run
a criminal business activity that has to crime monitoring centres, surveillance these high-end operations and they are
operate in a certain way to function,” says teams and covert human sources. then spending 18 to 25 years in jail.
Greg. “By understanding how they function The overarching focus for the extra
“We have disrupted entire networks,
and what services they need, we can focus staff will be investment in a few key areas.
which is very pleasing to our team.”
our collective agency resources to disrupt Across agencies, the focus is on:
Greg describes it as the “concertina
those activities.” • Importation and manufacture of illicit
effect”, which works this way:
Until recently, Asian organised crime drugs
• NOCG, supported by our partner
groups based in Auckland were the conduit • Organised crime engaged in illegal agencies, focuses on the top echelon
for meth and precursors coming into the business activities who source, import and manufacture
country, but that has changed significantly
• Transnational organised crime targeting and distribute the drugs and drive other
in the past three years with the arrival of
New Zealand forms of organised crime.
criminal deportees from Australia and
other transnational groups targeting New • Modern-day slavery and people • Districts focus on disrupting the retail
Zealand. trafficking aspect being driven by gangs and other
Because of changes in Australia’s • Corruption and bribery organised crime groups.
migration policy, New Zealand now has • NOCG, districts and partner agencies,
• Financial facilitators
new chapters of outlaw motorcycle and private sector partners, including iwi,
gangs energised by the entrepreneurial • Illicit drug distribution networks
work together to reduce the social harm.
opportunities of fresh markets into Worldwide, Greg says, organised crime is
• International partners help disrupt supply
which they can inject their international able to flourish in countries where there is
chains offshore.
connections and “trade craft”. collusion with the state and corruption and
Police are working to identify those bribery are rife. “That is not the case here. • Police, partner agencies and private-
people and organisations. It’s part of a In fact, we have exceptional government sector partners disrupt the money being
more holistic and intelligent approach to agencies working to suppress organised generated by organised crime and drive
organised crime, moving from reactive crime and to protect our way of life.” the restraint of assets.
Roll ‘em out... asset seizures
under way after a gang network
has been disrupted.
8 | JULY 2018
NEWS AND VIEWS
This column is written by a frontline police member. It does not
represent the views or policies of the Police Association.
The new guard frequented it as some time in their career, They have to do a bit of work during their
L ast month, I mentioned the departure you might be interested to know that travels, but just a bit… I looked into it a bit
of Viv Rickard from the mothership, it’s being turned into a “learning centre”. further, asked a few questions and, sure
which led to what appeared to be a big Some might say that’s what it was before… enough, they get a significant amount
old shake up and a lot of jostling for the Alcoholic drinks will now be sold through of money to do their travel, take their
the college cafe instead and the beer will families and get paid while they’re away.
remaining positions. It’s the latest episode
come in bottles only and no longer be And there’s 15 of these awards up for grabs
in that long running reality show, “Survivor:
dispensed by keg. I just hope the opening each year.
New Zealand Police”, so congratulations
hours of this mixed-use model are I’m mentioning it because I noticed on
are in order for our new deputy
generous enough to avoid having off-duty the Bully Board this month that they’re
commissioner, Wally Haumaha.
calling for nominations. The trick is, if
police heading out en mass to local pubs
Sensible sentencing you’re nominating someone, they’re not
where the residents are not always so
I
allowed to know about it. It’s got to be a
see that the Sensible Sentencing Trust welcoming.
complete surprise if they get picked for the
is having a few issues. Hot on the heels
of Garth McVicar’s idiotic congratulations Woolf Fisher fellowship.
S ome of you may have noticed that So, fellow grafters, can you think of
to Police for shooting someone (showing
around this time last year, a strange someone who should be nominated?
a breathtaking lack of insight into what
thing appeared from nowhere. Apparently, Someone who’s worked hard for Police for
it costs a cop to take a life), a trust board
if you’re a good bugger and someone many years with little or no recognition?
member has departed under a cloud of
Then get on to the Bully Board, download
possibly suspect financial dealings, and a nominates you, you could get something
the forms and get nominating.
bunch of slightly confusing, and less than called a Woolf Fisher Fellowship.
This is an awesome opportunity we
transparent, e-mails and press releases I didn’t pay much attention to it – not
should grab with both hands! Thanks,
by McVicar. It’s all starting to sound a little many of us really think we’re good enough
Woolf Fisher … and Police.
Trump-esque, I reckon. for that kind of fancy carry on.
But then I started to hear about a few
Closing time folks who had been selected as “fellows”.
T ime has been called at the Police And the talk was they were getting a whole Constable Iam Keen
College bar. If you have happy lot of free travel – anywhere in the world To update Iam Keen
memories, or any memory, of that modest they wanted to go. I’ve never seen the likes with information, email
watering hole, and most cops will have of it in Police before. iamkeen@policeassn.org.nz
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JULY 2018 | 9
In Brief
Brave moves
Looking back
to go forward
Nominations for the 2018 Police
Association Bravery Awards
close on July 31. If you know of
exceptional acts of bravery by your
colleagues, sworn or non-sworn,
on or off duty, visit www.policeassn.
org.nz/newsroom/events/bravery-
Police has a goal of a 25 per cent reduction in
award-nominations-now-open reoffending by Māori by 2025. Police executive adviser
to find out how to put their name
forward to be considered for the
Simone Bull is putting the target in a historical context.
award. The Bravery Awards panel
A
that reviews the nominations is lot of people in Police have been between Māori and the state. For her,
made up of: Police Association thinking deeply about Māori issues it proved to be not a conclusion, but a
president Chris Cahill; Association for a long time, says Simone Bull, beginning.
vice-president Senior Sergeant and she is one of them. “I have learnt more since I finished the PhD.
Craig Tickelpenny; Wellington “It’s been happening at least since the As part of that process, I spent about seven
District commander Superintendent mid-1990s when Police set up the iwi liaison years thinking deeply about Māori. Now, 20
Sam Hoyle, former Governor- officers roles,” she says. years later, I am thinking even more deeply
General Sir Anand Satyanand; and But, despite the ponderings, the last about Māori in the criminal justice system
former Labour Party deputy leader comprehensive research into Māori and and how I can share what I have learnt with
Dame Annette King. The award, crime, done by Moana Jackson in 1988 for the rest of the organisation.”
or awards, will be presented at the the Ministry of Justice, is only being updated Simone is one of a small group of expert
Association’s annual conference in for the first time this year. advisers to the Police executive and in the
October. Regardless of the good intentions, the past year has been looking into strategies for
current reoffending rate for Māori is about 59 the Our Business target of reducing Māori
Retirement seminar per cent, so there’s a way to go to reach the reoffending.
Later this month, the Police reduction target by 2025. She doesn’t just have a professional
Association is running a retirement Simone, who has a doctorate in interest. It’s personal too. Simone has Māori
planning seminar pilot for members criminology, first liaised with Police in 2006 heritage on her mother’s side, Ngati Porou,
in Wellington. Speakers from as part of a joint initiative with Te Puni Kōkiri, and English heritage on her father’s side.
financial advisers Advice First and working on preventing crime and crash in Although not fluent in Māori, she has a useful
estate planners Perpetual Guardian Māori communities. working knowledge of te reo.
will be discussing the importance of She completed postgraduate study at Last year, she created the Wall Walk – a
planning for retirement, including Victoria University focused on matching historical timeline, made up of six charts, that
managing superannuation, setting official statistics about Māori in the criminal looks at 170 years of Māori involvement in
up a will and other advice on how justice system from the 1850s to the 2000s the criminal justice system.
to make the most of life after with historical accounts of the relationship “I am not an academic historian, but we
work. If the pilot is successful,
more seminars will be held in
other locations. Keep an eye on
your inbox as details about the
Wellington seminar will be emailed
to members in the Wellington
region soon.
Be prepared
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have longitudinal crime data that parallels Māori representation in the criminal justice
events that a swath of historians use when system was virtually non-existent. That
talking about Māori history, and which changed after police were used to enforce
helps us to understand how Māori have laws that have not stood the test of time.
come to be represented in the criminal The charts break up the timeline into
justice system.” headings of “Under-representation”,
Her first audience for the Wall Walk last “Raupatu” (the confiscation of Māori land),
year was a group of district commanders, “Ongoing Resistance”, “Mass Urbanisation”,
most of whom told her that most of the “Renaissance” and “Amplification”.
information was new to them. So how does it link to reducing
Since then, Simone has presented the reoffending?
Wall Walk more than 20 times at the The unpacking of the “It helps staff understand why having
request of various work groups and district a focus on Māori is a good idea. At the
leadership teams, including the executive, relationship between beginning of the Wall Walk, we talk about
service centres and the Police College. Māori and the criminal incarceration rates in New Zealand being
The presentation is deliberately low tech, too high. In the Global Peace Index, New
with the look and feel of a school social justice system can Zealand scores badly on incarceration –
studies project – images and hand-written roughly 125 non-Māori per 100,000 are
text on six, A1-sized sheets of white
be confronting, jailed each year, compared with roughly
paper. “I can’t do 170 years of history in a particularly when 700 Māori per 100,000.
PowerPoint presentation because that can’t “Districts are already looking at ways of
be seen as one continuous timeline. This policing history is dealing with first-time offenders in ways
way, we can refer backward and forward as
we go along.”
intrinsically entwined that reduce their likelihood of reoffending,
especially Māori. Prosecution of low-level,
The sessions take about three hours and with many of first-time offenders should be a last resort
are with smallish groups. Before she does because it’s been shown to be the least
her presentations, Simone picks a selection those events. effective in terms of steering people away
of topics covered in the timeline and gets from crime.
various members of the work groups to There is usually a lot of discussion and “Let’s not wait till people are entrenched
research those topics for themselves. the set topics range through Parihaka, Rua in the system. Let’s act as soon as they
“Yes, it has audience participation. I Kenana, Māori and the vote, the Wairau come to our attention,” she says. “Road
don’t want people to take my word for Affray, the Dog Tax War, urbanisation and policing is the biggest source of entry into
everything, I want them to do some “pepper-potting”, children taken into state the justice system. The smart thing to do
research themselves.” care, the Haka Party Incident and Bastion is look at the bigger issues, for example,
Point. helping someone get their driver’s licence.
This unpacking of the relationship Plus, we know that pre-charge warnings
between Māori and the criminal justice work. along with iwi justice panels for first-
system can be confronting, particularly time offenders for non-serious offences.”
when policing history is intrinsically If Police is to make a meaningful
entwined with many of those events. contribution to the 25 per cent target
Some find it challenging, but Simone says: (which is a sector target), a focus on
“It’s not about making people feel guilty. Māori issues is needed from the entire
It’s about our collective history, so much organisation, Simone says. It’s certainly
of which we all missed in high school. We not lacking at the executive level, but she
want to help more people in Police think believes the messages are yet to filter
more deeply about these issues. They may through to the frontline, although districts
grumble about doing the ‘homework’, but have “picked up the mantle”.
as soon as they realise why they’ve been Māori issues are already woven into
asked to do it, they get into it.” Police’s family harm training and fit in with
And not everything in the presentations Prevention First initiatives.
comes from the history books, either. “Staff The next phase of Simone’s Wall Walk
share their own anecdotes from various project is to reach more work groups and,
events, such as Bastion Point.” with support from Police’s Māori, Pacific
The Wall Walk begins in 1853, when and Ethnic Services and the Office of Treaty
official crime statistics started being Settlements, she is hoping to turn it into a
broke down by ethnicity and published package that is not reliant on her delivering
annually. For some decades afterwards, it. – ELLEN BROOK
Police executive adviser Simone Bull created the Wall Walk as a low-tech and
accessible way to understand Māori involvement in the criminal justice system
over the past 170 years. Photo: ELLEN BROOK
JULY 2018 | 11O B ITUARY
Your faithful
correspondent
Gerard Conal Cunneen
F EBRUA RY 3, 194 4-M AY 16 , 2018
G
erry Cunneen made an indelible mark as country’s most notorious drug murders. In 1979, when
a police officer, in New Zealand and the handless body of New Zealander Christopher
overseas, and in retirement he continued Martin Johnson, known as Mr Asia, was found in an
to live up to his reputation as a great communicator English quarry, Gerry and Detective Sergeant Briars
and people person. Basham were sent to help British police. They put
When Gerry died in May, aged 74, his passing was together evidence that led to the prosecution of 12
noted far and wide. Just about everyone knew Gerry people, including New Zealander Terry Clark.
or knew of him, and no one could quite believe that By 1982, Gerry was a detective inspector and off
this vital and vibrant man had been taken so suddenly to Sydney for four years as the police liaison officer
after suffering a stroke. there, during which time he was promoted to
The prolific letter writer still had emails in the letters- detective chief inspector.
pending queues at The Dominion Post and at Police Back in Wellington, he became the director of drug
News and no doubt would have been happy to know enforcement and intelligence at PNHQ and was
that his views would continue to be noted even if he promoted to detective superintendent.
wasn’t around to see them published. His experience and contribution to policing were
At his funeral at a packed Old St Paul’s in Wellington, acknowledged with a Queen’s Policing Medal in 1987.
tributes flowed and through the sadness, Gerry’s life The following year, Gerry was appointed Hutt
and times were acknowledged and celebrated. District commander, a position which then included
His friend Detective Superintendent Brett Kane Wairarapa, and in 1993 he became Wellington district
talked about Gerry’s 36 years of police service, which commander.
went from general duties, prosecutions, CIB and, later, Brett said Gerry was a hands-on manager and great
Hutt District then Wellington District commander. communicator, not only with his staff but the wider
Gerry joined Police in May 1962, a 19-year-old community. “Gerry was widely respected by his staff,
recruit from Christchurch posted to Lower Hutt and for his advice when needed and for making sure
then to Wellington CIB as a detective constable. resources were there for the large-scale operations
In 1970 he was promoted to sergeant and worked and investigations.”
frontline before becoming a police prosecutor. And there were many of those, including prison riots,
A couple of years later, he moved into criminal attacks on police, fire bombings of police homes in
intelligence at PNHQ. Wairarapa and the abduction and murder of schoolgirl
He was promoted to inspector in 1977 while working Karla Cardno in 1989.
with the police undercover programme, during which Gerry retired from Police in 1999, but he wasn’t
time he was involved in investigating one of the finished with policing. Later that year, he became
12 | JULY 2018In Brief
Dear editor…
extracts from some of Gerry’s
letters to Police News over “The police need the public. PolFed calls for
the past seven years... Make it easy to engage with the drugs debate
community.” [On the difficulties
“There are many positive of contacting police by phone] The Police Federation of England
May 2016 and Wales (PolFed) wants public
initiatives happening in Police,
debate on what it says is Britain’s
but administrators should
outdated and ineffective drugs
not forget the public, and that “I can understand in an legislation.
police interaction with them is emergency, officers exiting the
Last month, the federation’s board
the best ‘technology’ for ‘safer patrol vehicle with urgency, but
voted in favour of a new policy on
communities together’ ”. May 2013 to leave keys in the ignition at a
drugs, saying it was obvious that
routine stop is inexcusable.” 100 years of prohibition had failed
March 2017 and an alternative approach was
“I know there might be cultural
reasons for tattoos, but the sight needed.
of a recent female graduate at “Frankly, I didn’t really want Spokesman Simon Kempton said
the Police College with brightly to read much more, but after the proliferation of drugs in Britain
coloured tattoos clearly showing connecting to an oxygen bottle was unchecked and fuelling illicit
below the sleeve was distasteful.” I pressed on.” [On changes to trade in drugs and weapons and the
violence that came with that.
November 2013 training at the Police College]
May 2018 The federation was not supporting
the legalisation of drugs or the de-
“Only after an incomprehensible criminalising of drugs, he said. “We
27 years, a New Zealand Special “Let’s move on and assure the are simply saying that it is time to
Service Medal (Erebus) was Commissioner and the Police reflect on whether this is the most
awarded to those brave officers trainers that, despite some effective way of curtailing illicit drug
who were fortunate not to have reservations, our support use.
perished in the conditions they for current police officers is “There is mounting empirical
encountered. Why were all 11 unshakeable and we wish them evidence of alternative approaches
officers not awarded higher safe and rewarding careers.” to the drugs problem around the
honours?” August 2014 June 2018 (posthumously) world that are more effective and
bring far more benefits to society
financially and with fewer people
finding themselves in either medical
or criminal justice systems.
adviser to Police Minister George Hawkins Quentin said. “His office was his operations “Although the police service will
for two parliamentary terms, accompanying centre… iPhone, iPads, Mac computers, as continue to uphold the laws passed
the politician to police stations around the well as a wireless front door video bell, which by Parliament, a public debate
country. Brett recalled that “Gerry was often he communicated with via his iPhone, were is needed on the future of drugs
recognised before the minister”. all vital pieces of his personal communication legislation, incorporating health,
Two years later he became the lead network. FaceTime and text were his favoured education and enforcement
investigator with the Independent Police form of contact.” programmes.”
Conduct Authority, his final job before he Gerry was well and truly out there – online, The federation’s decision followed
retired. in print and even in the front garden of his an announcement from the British
Another former colleague, Quentin Doig, home in the Wellington suburb of Khandallah Home Secretary to launch a review
also praised Gerry’s communication skills and where he had erected a flagpole. He flew into the medical use of cannabis. It
his ability to connect and keep in touch with flags representing several countries and also comes as Canada has legalised
friends and former workmates and it wasn’t other flags to mark special occasions such as recreational cannabis.
just through letters to the editor. Queen’s Birthday Weekend, Easter, Christmas
“He was totally wifi wired in every way,” and Anzac Day. Reports suggest that the more than
14 million Britons – almost of third
of the adult population – have used
cannabis recreationally.
JULY 2018 | 13F E AT U R E
The
dream
team
O
ur members work with the Make-a-Wish Foundation
to help children with critical illnesses throughout the
country.
This year, several children and their families were invited to
Counties Manukau where members of Police helped make their
wishes come true.
Make-a-Wish Foundation board member Inspector Shawn
Rutene says the staff who get involved with the events give up
their own time for children with life-changing illnesses.
The foundation has volunteers throughout the country, but
there are a few gaps in the network, such as in Whanganui,
Palmerston North and Rotorua. If anyone in those areas is
interested in becoming a volunteer, they can contact MAW’s
volunteer manager, Debbie Hoskins, debbie@makeawish.org.nz.
Johnny, 9, from Christchurch wanted to be a superhero and save the city.
Auckland Central PST and up to 30 volunteers combined forces to create a
“zombie apocalypse day” in Aotea Square. Johnny and his Auckland team
policing friends, including Constable Rachel Field as Supergirl, fought off
the zombies and Johnny received the “key to the city”.
Tyler, 6, from Blenheim wanted to be a policeman for a day. He and his
family spent two days being shown around the Counties Manukau Police
Station and the dog base and visited the Police launch Deodar and the Police
helicopter Eagle. Tyler was given his own police vest and appointments. He
met District Commander Superintendent Jill Rogers, who reported that the
little boy sat on her lap and told her: “Do you know why I am here today? I’m
dying and this is my fun day.” Needless to say, Jill reported, there wasn’t a
dry eye in the house. Tyler is pictured at the station having a quiet word with
Constable Matthew Tynan.
14 | JULY 2018Walking
for wishes
The Make-a-Wish
Foundation has teamed
with an adventure travel
company to offer travellers
the chance to visit the Great
Wall of China and raise
money to help children
with critical illnesses at
the same time.
N
orth Comms shift commander
Inspector Shawn Rutene is a
member of the Make-a-Wish
(MAW) board and is promoting the
programme to members of Police. He’d
love to go on the trip himself, but work
commitments mean he can’t get away
next year.
Intrepid Adventures is organising all the
travel and accommodation. Individuals
For Sean, 7, from Alexandra, pictured below with Sergeant Oliver Nation, left, and pay for their own trips and then, using
Constable Matthew Tynan, his wish was to see the All Blacks playing France and the MAW name and the Great Wall Walk
to spend a fun day as a police officer, including a trip to the Delta base, Deodar
concept, they seek funding from other
and Eagle. He had his own police vest and hat and met Counties Manukau District
Commander Jill Rogers, who came in on her day off to meet Sean and his family. sources. There is a minimum of $1500
that each person is expected to raise for
MAW.
Shawn says the concept was developed
by MAW International and has worked
well overseas.
Make-A-Wish NZ grants about 200
“wishes” to sick children every year,
but that doesn’t cover all of the several
hundred children who are diagnosed
with critical illnesses annually.
“I’m hoping to get this message out
there. There may be members of Police
who are planning on heading to the
Great Wall, and they can do some good
while planning their trip.”
The 10-day adventure departs from
Auckland on May 3, 2019. There are 20
spaces left and, if they are all filled up,
Shawn says a considerable amount of
funding can be directed back to MAW
NZ.
For more information, visit makeawish.
org.nz/walking-for-wishes-great-wall-
of-china-2019.
JULY 2018 | 15POLICE HOME LOAN PACKAGE NEWS
Bridging the housing
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in Auckland), buying a home is still a challenge for many.
In the latest ANZ Property Focus report, our economists note To view or download the latest ANZ Property Focus report,
there are a number of competing forces at play in the housing visit anz.co.nz and search “ANZ Property Focus”.
market. On one hand, credit headwinds, affordability
concerns and uncertainty about government policies are At ANZ, we’re working hard to bridge the affordability gap and
helping to keep a lid on prices. On the other hand, population get more New Zealanders into homes. For example, we’ve
growth, pent-up demand and lack of supply are acting to developed our ANZ First Home Buyer’s Toolkit to provide
support prices. resources, information, benefits and support to help first
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As a result, they expect house price inflation to remain steady anz.co.nz/homeloancoach
over the next year and moderate over the medium term –
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issue for some time yet. Police Welfare Fund members make buying a new home a
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Household affordability concerns are being increasingly felt by interest rates and other great benefits, including fee waivers
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Zealand’s working-age population who own a home has little further.
declined from 55 per cent in 2001 to 50 per cent in 2013.
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(as shown by the ANZ Consumer Confidence Index), which has or visit any ANZ branch.
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Between AUNTY...
She’s firm
the Lines but fair
Membership hacks from the Member Services Centre team Dear Aunty
My elderly mother is usually very
0800 500 122 enquiries@policeassn.org.nz independent, living in her own
home and having a better social life
than I do! Recently, however, she has
been unwell and will need surgery.
Voicemail Holiday Home Hacks Someone will have to take her to and
from hospital and care for her while
“Hello.......it’s me!” Waitlisting she recovers at home, and I am the
Leaving us a voicemail message? Someone already snapped only family member nearby. Because
up your dates? we do not live in the same house,
Please remember to give us your name, would I have to take annual leave to
your member number and your phone You can waitlist! look after my mum?
number and we’ll get back to you.
1. Search for your dates A Good Son
2. Select the unit and dates currently
#telephone #leaveusyourdeets booked with an “X” Dear Good Son
3. Go to the Actions menu on the No. You can use your sick leave. Both
right, select ‘Enter Waitlist’ the Holidays Act and the collective
4. Fill in the form agreements state that when a partner
or other dependent person (in this
5. Save
case, your mother) is sick or injured,
If someone cancels, you will get an an employee can use their own sick
What’s Up, MSC? email and have 48 hours to confirm leave to provide care. It doesn’t matter
you still want the dates. if the dependent person doesn’t live
Haere ra
with you and there is no limit on the
After 2½ years, our token male, Rere, #easypeasy #inittowinit #itworks amount of sick leave you can take, but,
is leaving to study. just as when you are sick or injured,
We’ll miss his wit, laugh and Police can ask for a medical certificate
endless jokes. after five days.
Thanks for your great work, R.E.R.E
Kia waimarie! IOO – In Our Opinion: Dear Aunty
#hittingthebooks #onthegrind Dingbats I have a new supervisor and he
Ready... Set... Solve is a complete plonker! We don’t
Manaakitia
get on personally, but I am always
When one door closes, another opens. Boost your mental agility and have professional and get the job done.
A warm welcome to Maya. some fun at the same time! My concern is that my performance
She’ll be chatting to you lovely peeps appraisal is coming up and he might
Try the Dingbats app “Between the
in no time. make derogatory comments about me.
Lines” game. Identify the phrase
If that happens, what can I do? I don’t
hidden behind each drawing on this
#TeamMSC want a blot on my copybook.
puzzle app!
Good Keen Man
It’s got us hooked!
Dear Good Keen Man
Don’t put the cart before the horse.
You may find that your supervisor
will also be professional and put aside
any personal feelings. If there are
any comments you take issue with,
remember that the appraisal process is
a two-way conversation. The aim is to
come to a mutual agreement on what
is put on record. If this is not possible,
5. A play on words
4. London Underground you can attach your own notes and
3. Forgive and forget comments on your performance
2. Dr. Dolittle appraisal for the record.
1. The short straw
Answers Email questions for Aunty to
editor@policeassn.org.nz.
#trainyourbrain #wordpuzzles #gametime
JULY 2018 | 17NOTEBOOK
BOOK REVIEWS by Angus McLean
ORPHAN X
completes your job, you are obligated to give his
number to one person in need. Just one.
After executing a child rapist, Evan doesn’t expect
by Gregg Hurwitz another call for some time. It’s the way it usually
goes and it gives him time to meditate, drink herbal
A
boy is taken into an ultra-covert tea, practise his ninja skills and colour code his
government programme and trained wardrobe.
as an assassin to take out enemies of He’s a smart guy, except when it comes to the
the state. woman prosecutor in the apartment downstairs,
Seen it all before? Not like this you haven’t. who clearly wants to be more than neighbours and
This is Jason Bourne on steroids. whose young son thinks Evan is, well, generally
Evan Smoak isn’t his real name, and neither is awesome.
Orphan X. He has no friends. He lives in a constant But a new call rips him from his downtime and
state of preparedness, alert to any change in his plunges him into a hostage negotiation with some
world that might indicate an attack. But Evan nasty people who are constantly one step ahead of
Smoak is no longer a government assassin – he’s him as Evan tries to keep a beautiful client safe and
a volunteer vigilante, taking one job at a time to rescue her father.
THIS IS JASON
right the wrongs he sees in his past. It’s his way of But is he being played? And who are the bad
obtaining a bloody salvation. guys, really? And how can he date the neighbour
BOURNE ON
He is known to his clients as the Nowhere Man when his days are spent killing people?
and a phone call on his untraceable number This is a brilliant read, highly recommended for
STEROIDS gives him his next job. The rule is that when he fans of fast-paced thrillers.
THE SECOND
demons that have haunted him will finally
drag him down, or make him cross lines that THE
UNDERBELLY OF
GRAVE
he can’t come back from.
&
BRITISH CRIME
Dan feels obliged to help his old friend, but
the man heading the investigation, Detective
by Ian Austin Chief Superintendent Allen, is the reason
that Dan left England and emigrated to New
CORRUPTION
C
onfucius says, “Before you embark Zealand.
on a journey of revenge, dig two A personal grudge is never a good reason to
graves.” get involved, but Dan firmly believes that Allen
It is good advice for Dan Calder, following on covered up mistakes before and now it looks
from The Agency, as the expat former detective like he’s done it again – or worse.
answers a call for help from an old friend. But possible interference from the local
Dan made a promise years ago to look police is not the only obstacle to overcome. If
after his best mate’s family, and he takes that Dan and Nick are get to the truth, they must
seriously when Detective Nick Hetherington also cross paths with a violent gangster who
calls for some advice. will do anything to keep the spotlight away
Nick’s daughter, Amber, has been arrested from his business activities.
for the murder of a street prostitute in Take a journey into the seedy underbelly
Nottingham, and Dan returns to Britain to help of British crime and corruption, written
his former partner investigate why. with authority by real-life expat and former
Meanwhile, Dan’s girlfriend, Tara, is left detective Austin, who knows his stuff. The
in Auckland, worrying about whether the Second Grave is a recommended read.
Angus McLean is the pen name of an Auckland police officer who also writes and publishes crime novels. His e-books are available on Amazon, Kobo
and iBooks and he has just released his first paperback, Red Mist, a prequel to his Chase Investigation series. Previously available only in e-book form,
Red Mist can be ordered from Amazon or direct at writerangusmclean.com. British crime writer Peter James called Red Mist “complex, with believable
police characters, strong tension, fast pace and the true ring of authority”.
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