Sharing Knowledge On Community Policing | Voxy.co.nz

Sharing Knowledge On Community Policing | Voxy.co.nz: "Rural community policing in the District came under international scrutiny this morning when a senior delegation of Indonesian Police paid a visit to Feilding and Palmerston North.

A Brigadier General, three Senior Superintendents, two Superintendents, a Major and a non-sworn member, who are all heavily involved in community policing in their native country, visited New Zealand for six days facilitated by the International Service Group based at Police National Headquarters.

First on the agenda was a discussion with Constable Neil Martin about his role as a Rural Liaison Officer. The group then experienced a Powhiri by the students of Hato Paora College.

The Indonesian officers were interested to hear about the successful Adopt-a-Cop scheme and the restorative justice programme running at the school.

A Maori Kai was also laid on by the school and this was followed by further discussions among the Indonesian and New Zealand police delegates about community policing before they returned to Wellington.

Constable Neil Martin said: 'The visit went very well with the school being the ideal setting; they were clearly impressed by what they saw. The most telling comment was that in a very short time they had come to realise that every New Zealand police officer was a community police officer, and that the whole police force had bought into the community policing philosophy."