“Sharing the Knowledge” - Pacific Prevention of Domestic Violence ...

Farewell to old friends and Welcome to New Members
The Programme acknowledges the work of past members and
welcomes its newest members:
Assistant Chief Inspector Lutoviko Manu formally the head of the
Tonga Police DV unit, resigned from the Tonga Police service earlier
this year. Manu had been with the PPDVP since the commencement
of the programme and he was therefore very much one of “our team”
across the pacific and a key member of our overall knowledge group.
He was a key figure in the development of the domestic violence
unit in Tonga and part of the team that developed the first domestic
violence training curriculum delivered to Pacific Police in Auckland in
April 2007. We wish him well as he moves on to a new career.
The new officer in Charge of the Tonga DV Unit is Detective Sergeant
Seteone Poutele, he is well respected within the Tonga Police Service
and brings a wide range of skills to the position, Seteone was part
of the team of experts from the Pacific whom gathered in Tonga to
develop the Investigative Training Curriculum which was delivered to
Pacific Police Officers in Tonga in June 2008.
The programme also wishes to record our thanks to Sergeant Rebecca
Ellis Hoskings formally the head of the Cook Islands domestic violence
unit Rebecca, like Manu in Tonga, had been with the PPDVP since the
commencement of the programme. Rebecca is a well known identity
in the Cook Islands and was instrumental in developing partnerships
and opening a number of doors for the programme in the Cook
Islands. Rebecca retains her role as the chair of the Woman’s Advisory
Network (WAN) for woman police officers in the Pacific and will be a
great sounding board for the new Unit O/C.
Senior Constable Pauline Rangi takes over the reigns from Rebecca.
Pauline was part of a small team of officers that attended the CMIS
database training in April 2008 in Rarotonga run by the PPDVP.
New PPDVP Mentors
Sergeant Alan McGlade from Hamilton Police, and Senior Sergeant
Sue O’Neil from Palmerston North Police, have joined the PPDVP
programme and are both welcome additions.
Alan McGlade
Alan joined the Police in 1992
and was involved at the start in
the Hamilton Abuse Intervention
Pilot Project, in association with
the Police “pro-arrest” practise as
a frontline member. After several
years on frontline sectional work,
he moved to Hamilton East
Community Policing Centre, and
later to Hamilton City and joined Alan McGlade
the CIB. He worked on the Hamilton
Child Abuse Team (CAT) for the next five years, becoming the senior
detective and relieving O/C on the team on a regular basis. He has
focused on building awareness and educating NGOs and Government
organisations about child abuse and the work of the CAT office by
preparing and presenting various training programmes, information
leaflets and point of contact details. He was relieving O/C CIB at Huntly
for three months before moving onto the Waikato Law Enforcement
Team as the sole detective and relieving O/C, where he dealt with
burglaries, property offending and drug offences.
In 2005 he became the Officer In Charge (O/C) of the newly launched
Family Safety Team (FST). He is working extensively with government
and non-government agencies building on the existing networks,
promoting and educating on Family Violence, and striving for best
practise in all areas of response to families in crisis. The FST focuses
on providing supervision, guidance and training preparation and
presentation involving all collaborating partners in the area of
Family Violence.
Sue O’Neil
Sue joined the Police in 1991 and was
posted to Wanganui. She qualified
as a Detective and has worked
on a wide range of serious crime
investigations, but her passion is in
the area of child abuse investigations
and she is a qualified specialist child
interviewer. Sue was promoted to
Sergeant on sectional duties before
becoming a Police prosecutor. After Sue O’Neil
15 years in Wanganui, Sue transferred
to Palmers ton North being promoted to Senior Sergeant in charge of
Operations. The role included the Family Violence portfolio, Officer in
Charge of Youth, Community Group, Dogs, Briefing Centre and Court
Orderly. Also attached to the role were Neighbourhood Support, Ethnic
Communities, Community Patrols, Tertiary and Korowai Kahui (Maori
advisory group). Although extremely challenging, the diversity ensured
that it remained interesting. Sue enjoys working with the community,
particularly ethnic communities and refugees, which forms a large part
of her work. Sue has worked closely with the Congolese, Burmese, and
recently the Bhutanese, communities.
“I had the pleasure of traveling to Fiji with Kim, Soni and Alan where
we met with many people from around the Pacific who work in the
area of Family Violence. I was amazed to see the number of different
agencies and the range of work that was being carried out. The trip
provided an ideal opportunity for networking and gaining knowledge
of what is going on out there. I am looking forward to getting into this
role in PPDVP and working with Police around the Pacific. I hope the
experience and knowledge that I have gained over the years will be of
benefit to the people of the Pacific”.
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