Community Constable and Dog Officers
Harwood Wilson made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Harwood Wilson
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please provide the following for all South Island Staff / Stations:
1. Community Constables (i.e. commonly known term of "Community Constable" doing non patrol constable work dealing with local issues, may also include Senior Constable or Sergeant if they are dedicated to that role)
1b. The number of "Community Constables" at each station or base
1c. The rank of "Community Constables" at each station or base
2. Dog Section
2a. The number of Dog Section Patrol officers at each station or base
2b. The rank of Dog Section Patrol officers at each station or base
2c. How many of the Dog Section officers at each station or base are general duties
Yours faithfully,
Harwood Wilson
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Harwood
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 4 April 2023.
Your reference number is IR-01-23-10368.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 5 May 2023 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Harwood
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 4 April 2023.
Ngā mihi
Dylan
Dylan
Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters
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From: Harwood Wilson
Dear Ministerial Services,
Thank you for the response.
Can you confirm their are no Dog units in Invercargill or Central Otago (i.e Alexandra/Queenstown)?
Yours sincerely,
Harwood Wilson
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Morena Harwood
I have forwarded you query to the workgroup that prepared the response and asked that they contact you to clarify.
Kind regards, Michelle
Ministerial Services Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Mr Wilson
In reply to your email of 28 April 2023, enquiries were made with the
workgroup and it was established that two of the Southern Dog Handlers
were incorrectly attributed to Dunedin, so a revised table is as follows:
Dog Section Trainee Dog
District Location Dog Handlers Supervisors Handlers
Southern Dunedin 3 1 1
Southern Invercargill 2 1 -
Police apologise for this error and thank you for drawing this to our
attention.
Kind regards, Michelle
Advisor - Police National Headquarters
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Grant Carroll left an annotation ()
Harwood,
I would not rely on the accuracy of the information you have been provided as a result of your request. As far as I know, there is a Dog Section based in Invercargill, which is not shown on Table 2. In addition, as well as two Dog Handlers based in Nelson there is also a Dog Section Supervisor based there, which is also not shown on the table, and I suspect the same applies to Dunedin and Invercargill.
Grant C.
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