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PoliceNewsThe Voice of Policevirtually every type of criminal investigation,including eight murders. Two of these were inWairoa during the 1940s, which necessitatedhim traveling away from home for extendedperiods of time.Garry remembers his dad used to travel bytrain between various jobs in different areas,usually being away for a week at a time.There were no official police patrol cars.Garrett used his own private vehicle andreceived an allowance from Police for itsuse. The car was fitted with a “Police” signattached to the passenger’s sun visor.Because the car doubled as a police car andGarrett might be called out on a job at anytime, Garry junior remembers being told whenhe wanted to use the car that he “wasn’t togo too far.”Kept own counselGarrett never talked about his work as apolice officer, keeping stum about operationalmatters because “everyone knew everyone”in small towns like Hawera. One thing hedid express a strong opinion on, however,was that police officers should not be armedunless the situation was “particularly grave”.One of the other things Garry and Llanysremember about small town Taranaki wasthe influence of policing on their own livesand the way their peers referred to themeven though they weren’t involved in policingthemselves. Garry was often called “thepoliceman’s son” and it even rubbed off onLlanys, who found herself being referred toas “the woman who married the policeman’sson” when she attended a school reunionsome 30 years after they had lived in Hawera.As head of the CIB in New Plymouth, Garrettwas greatly respected and that respect wasno more in evidence than within his ownchildren. “I respected him greatly and the bigjob I knew he was doing,” Garry told PoliceNews.Garrett died of lung cancer in 1967, shortlyafter receiving a Queen’s Police Medal. Hewas no fan of his sons being in the Police,however, even though he had a long anddistinguished career himself. He encouragedthem to take up a trade instead, so theyfollowed different paths.Policing in the bloodNone of Garrett’s family (two sons and twodaughters) followed him into the Police, soeffectively the unbroken link was severedduring that generation but has been well andtruly picked up again by his grandchildren –with two now serving police members.Garrett’s son, Garry, takes up the story: “Yes,I broke the chain. At that time I had served mytime as a mechanic and a job came up at TheLactose Company (where sugar was extractedfrom whey) and Llanys (his wife) and I werethinking of getting married and a house wentwith the job, so that was that.”When Garrett retired it ended an unbroken76-year association with NZ Police butpolicing is obviously in the blood and whilethe lure of policing skipped a generation,both Garry and Llanys’ son (Rob), a seniorconstable, and daughter (Michelle), aconstable, have carried on the tradition, beingcurrent long-serving police officers. Michelle’shusband Jon Fey is also a 15-year veteran.Michelle is currently working as a HighwayPatrol officer and also works when requiredas a back-up Police photographer.Tradition comes full circleBoth are based in the Hawke’s Bay, effectivelybringing the tradition of service to theHawke’s Bay community full circle from 1893when their great-grandfather slipped on thatpolice uniform for the first time.Rob has been in the job for over 16 years nowand during his career in Napier he receiveda Commissioner’s Commendation in January2004 when involved in saving a woman’slife when she attempted to jump off Napier’sBluff Hill.Rob realised one of his main ambitions inApril 2000 when he became a dog handlerand was teamed up with canine partner Blitz.In June 2006 Rob was awarded his 14-yearLong Service and Good Conduct Medal. WhenBlitz was retired in December 2007, Robstarted training Yani, one of the new breedof English-Belgian cross dogs. Rob and Yanibecame operational in May 2008. Rob andBlitz were involved in the search of remotecountryside where Hawke’s Bay farmerJack Nicholas was shot dead on his farm atPuketitiri on August 27, 2004.Murray Kenneth Foreman, 51, was chargedwith Mr Nicholas’s murder but a jury foundhim not guilty of the killing.Long serviceMichelle will be due her 14-year Long Serviceand Good Conduct Medal in April next year.She was originally posted to Howick andthen worked at Auckland International Airportbefore working as a forensic photographerat Auckland Police Forensic Photographydivision in 2001. Four years later Michelleand her husband, Sergeant Jon Fey, movedto Hastings when Jon was posted to HastingsDistrict as a section sergeant.When Michelle graduated, the old stylebatons then in use were being phased outin favour of the modern ASP batons. Herold baton was sent to the Police Museumto sit alongside that of her grandfather,• Michelle Hogan, who works as a HighwayPatrol Officer in Hawke’s Bay and also fillsin as a Police photographer when required,has, along with brother Rob, brought theHogan family tradition full circle nearly100 years after her great grandfatherserved in the district.• Rob Hogan and police dog Yani.John James Hogan. John’s baton had beendonated to the Police Museum many yearsearlier because of its very ornate appearance(see photo page 95). One of its features is aparticularly striking King’s crest.Albert Einstein once said that only a lifelived for others is a life worthwhile. Much ofthe service and dedication of members ofthe Hogan family have been devoted to theservice of others through policing and it is adedication, which has certainly stood the testof time.After 116 years service to the community andtheir country it could be safely said that theHogans have equal measures of policing andblood running through their veins.Sources: Garry and Llanys Hogan, Hawke’sBay Herald Tribune and others.96May 2009
Police get green light to continuewith overseas recruitmentBy Deb Stringer, Communications AssistantNew Zealand Police has been given the green light by theDepartment of Labour to continue to recruit police from overseasafter being granted a renewal of its Employer AccreditationStatus.The status means Police can supplement its workforce throughthe recruitment of workers who are not New Zealand residentsand whose talents are needed to sustain levels of experience inspecialist roles, such as crime lab technicians.Is there a need?The New Zealand Police Association was “strongly opposed” tothe renewal for a number reasons.One of the main ones was that when the Police applied forthe original accreditation there was a genuine shortage of NewZealand applicants.However, in recent times this has not been the case and theAssociation feels that in an economic downturn Police should belooking closer to home.The Association feels Police need to focus on increasing Maoriand Pacific recruitment targets. Even though these have beenhistorically tough groups to recruit in, the Association believessuch an approach would more directly reflect New Zealand’scultural diversity and benefit New Zealanders.The Association also believed New Zealand applicants have beenlosing out on specialist roles, as Police appeared to take the easierNew Zealand Police Associationoption of sourcing specialists from overseas, rather than usingexisting career structures to train New Zealand applicants forthese positions.Status a last resort for PolicePolice assured the Department of Labour that the AccreditedEmployer Status would only be used when recruitment couldnot be achieved by “alternative means.”“Police are not proposing to recruit any person from overseaswhere qualified applicants are available in New Zealand,” a Policespokesman said.He said Police would focus on recruiting from Asia, as Policeare having little success in recruiting Asian applicants from NewZealand.Another area where Police was likely to utilise its EmployerAccreditation Status was in “hard to fill locations” such as Wairoa,West Coast and South Auckland.The Association is interested to find out how viable this approachto filling these positions will be, given that the recent placementhistory of UK officers in Wairoa and West Coast has not provedsuccessful.All four UK officers who had been recruited to serve in Wairoahad left Wairoa within two years of their appointment.UK officers posted to the West Coast did not fare much better,as only one out of the four posted there within the last two yearsremains.Cort Astley Wing marks 40 year anniversaryOn the 29 January 1969, 80 young men arrived in Trentham toform the Cort Astley Cadet Wing.In August 1970, 64 of them graduated from the Police TrainingSchool. Forty years later, 26 of those former cadets gathered inChristchurch for a reunion.Four of them, Brian Holland, Kevin Kalff, Geoff Smith andRay Smith are still serving in the NZ Police. Geoff Smith isa Life Member and former Vice-President of the NZ PoliceAssociation.Friday evening was an informal meet and greet and on Saturdayafternoon a Wing roll call was taken. A Power Point presentationof photos taken during the 18-months of training at Trentham,featured at the Saturday evening dinner. Another highlight wasthe playing of an old black and white recruiting video. Howtimes have changed!Many tales were retold as friendships were rekindled and thehumour flowed freely. The group was most appreciative of theefforts of Doug Smith, who organised the get together.The Cort Astley Wing is hoping to hold its next reunion inWellington in 2011.• 40 YEARS ON: The men of Cort Astley Wing together again: Rear (left to right): Doug Smith, Kevin Kalff, Mark Everitt, Rod Drummond, RaySutton, Murray Bardsley, Keith Henderson. Middle row (left to right): Dave Horsborough, Fenton Wood, Ray Holman, Ray Smith, DuncanDrummond, Geoff Smith, Roger Bruce, Alan Beardsley. Front row (left to right): Maurice Phiskie, Brian Holland, Geoff Lawrie, Bob Banks,Maurice Whitham, Paul Brennan, Alan Collin, Paul Bridson. Two members, Ian Weston, Eddie Soppet and former instructor Mick Tarling cameto the meet and greet on Friday evening. Unfortunately, they were not available on Saturday to be included in the photograph.May 200997
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