2012-11 - New Zealand Police Association

Remembrance DayThe huia pin pledgeThe wider police familygathered on Monday,October 1, to mark PoliceRemembrance Day, whichfalls on September 29, withceremonies around thecountry.At the Royal New ZealandPolice College in Porirua,the Governor General,Sir Jerry Mateparae, andPolice Minister Anne Tolleyattended a wreath-laying atthe college’s Memorial Wall,which honours all officerskilled in the line of duty.Sir Jerry made specialmention of the PoliceRemembrance Pin,designed and developedby the Police Associationand worn proudly bymembers and others whenthey honour the loss ofprecious lives. He said it wasappropriate that the fundsraised from donations forFirst name on the roll callEarlier this year, Loma Metherell, thegrand-daughter of the first New Zealandpolice officer to be killed on duty, died aged98 in Hamilton.Mary Loma Lois McLeod was born inAuckland on August 15, 1914, the thirdchild of post office clerk Henry McLeodand his wife, Mary. Henry was the son ofNeil McLeod (pictured), who is particularlyremembered each year around PoliceRemembrance Day (September 29) as thefirst name on the roll call of the 29 policeofficers killed in action.He was shot in the heart on July 30, 1890,by gum digger Henry Funcke, a passengeron a steamer ship heading from Dargavilleto Auckland. McLeod was travellingwith his family to take up a new posting.Funcke began behaving aggressively andbrandishing a rifle on the boat. McLeodand another officer disarmed him and theboat returned to Dargaville where he wasput off.On the wharf, in a fit of rage, Funckepulled out a hidden pistol and fired severalshots at the departing ship, one of whichstruck Constable McLeod in the chest andkilled him. Funcke was later acquitted ofthe pin went to a trust setup to benefit the families ofthose who had died.At the ceremonies aroundNew Zealand, a roll ofhonour of the names of the29 serving officers slain onduty over the past 126 yearswas read out, along with thenames of 11 serving staffwho died in the past year.The names of 67 formerstaff who have died in thepast year were also readaloud.InspectorSteve Greallyat the NelsonRememberenceDay service.Photo: NELSONMAILPolice AssociationPresident Greg O’Connor,who attended the ceremonyat the Police College, said itwas nice not to be focusedon an immediate tragedy,but rather to be able toreflect on all the sacrificessince the first death in 1890.For more RemembranceDay photos, see ourwebsite, www.policeassn.org.nz, and our Facebookpage.the crime on thegrounds of insanity.McLeod’s sonHenry, who foughtin the Boer War, diedduring the 1918 fluepidemic.Loma met andmarried Englishaccountant Bill Metherell during a visitto Malaya in 1937. They settled there, butJapan’s invasion of Malaya meant Bill wascalled up to join the British forces.Along with their baby daughter, Maryreturned to New Zealand and was notreunited with Bill till four years later. Theysettled in Hamilton and had four morechildren.Loma was a supporter of young mothersand, later, she devoted much of her time toadvocating for people with disabilities. In1981 she was awarded the Queen’s ServiceMedal for service to the community and in2002 she was given a Hamilton civic awardfor outstanding service to the city.Loma died on September 28. Sheis survived by her five children, 18grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.They also servedWhen police dog Gage was shot dead inChristchurch in July 2010, he became the23rd New Zealand police dog to die in theline of duty.Gage died at the scene outside a house inthe Christchurch suburb of Phillipstownafter his handler, Senior Constable BruceLamb, had also been injured by thegunman.Prior to that, in 2007, police dog Enzowas drowned during a manhunt in theKaimai Ranges in August 2007.The canine roll callGage, killed in Christchurch, July 13, 2010.Senior Constable B LambEnzo, killed in Tauranga, Aug 9, 2007.Constable K CordingDuke, died in Oamaru, senior, Feb 18, 2003.Constable W PhiskieValour, killed in Kawerau, Feb 8, 1998.Constable B A McLeodMal, died in Auckland, Oct 3, 1996. ConstableS SalmondJock, shot in Matata, Jul 17, 1994. Constable AJ StaplesKone, died in an accident in Christchurch, May18, 1994. Constable A PhillipsSpike, stabbed in Tauranga, May 15, 1994.Constable J RoffRex, died in an accident in Wellington, Oct 20,1992. Constable G GwynRyka, shot in Auckland, May 15, 1992.Constable S ShadboltLance, killed in Dunedin, Oct 18, 1991.Constable C EdgeJosh, killed in Auckland, Mar 25, 1989.Constable C HowardRada, shot in Hastings, Dec 18, 1989.Constable G DiverOzi, burnt, retired, in Tauranga, Oct 27, 1988.Constable E GorrieSarge, killed in Auckland, Oct 12, 1984.Constable E GorrieLuke, shot, retired, in Auckland, Oct 28, 1983.Constable J DonaldPanzer, killed in Auckland, Jul 11, 1983.Constable G BradfordEbba, run over in Auckland, Mar 2, 1983.Constable E GorrieJon, killed in Christchurch, Nov 3, 1982.Constable G StockBarlow, died in Wellington, Nov 21, 1979.Constable A G E RowlandsThor, run over in New Plymouth, Jul 28, 1977.Constable D McKibbenNick, shot in Wellington, Dec 4, 1975.Constable M CameronNero, died in an accident in Napier, Nov 24,1972. Constable D Painter BEMSource: www.police.govt.nz272 november 2012police news – the voice of police