Well, the Aussies have been successful in creating a stir with their “warmer days – higher pays” Queensland recruiting campaign. I hope they are not as successful when it comes to poaching our valuable officers, but I suspect there will be significant interest.

The lead investigator in operations Sinatra and Royal, Detective Inspector Scott Anderson, speaks with CARLA AMOS the day after the Jaz brothers were sentenced and days after Lauren Dickason was found guilty of murdering her three daughters.

Senior Constable Brendon Ross has no trouble believing 90% of Police Association members see crime and violence as the most significant threat to law and order in New Zealand.

This column is written by a frontline police member. It does not represent the views or policies of the Police Association.

This year marks 30 years since the deaths of Police Air Support Unit officers Sergeant Lindsay “Lou” Eion Grant, 39, and Constable Alastair Alan Sampson, 27, in a mid-air collision over Auckland.

The occurrence of last month’s horrific shooting in downtown Auckland catapulted two scenarios into the spotlight: one was positive and the other negative.