<strong>Police</strong><strong><strong>New</strong>s</strong>The Voice of <strong>Police</strong>This column is written by a frontlinepolice officer. It does not represent theviews or policies of the <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong>.Battle in the BayWhat a stark reminder in May of how dangerous a job we do on thethin blue line. She’s been a tough 12 months with three fallen matesand I have to admit it brings a tear to the eye far too frequently thesedays. The <strong>Police</strong> <strong>Association</strong> survey reflecting the number of constablesbeing threatened with weapons over the past 12 months provided aninteresting insight into the fact that this job of ours is becoming anincreasing challenge.I ask myself and me mates ‘What has changed?’ After muchdiscussion around the smoko table, we keep coming back to drugs,alcohol, political correctness and too much gratuitous violence thathave desensitized our young people. Not a pretty picture when you’recaught wearing blue in the middle of all this tragedy, grief and violence.But it’s what we do and what we chose to do, and we all know we aremaking a difference day in and day out.Kia Kaha to all me mates in the Bay. Know we are grieving with you.Jug headThose of us who spent lazy summer holidays on our backs readingcomic books will remember this character. Seems we still have theodd Area Commander North of the Bombay Hills directing his staff not(yes.... not) to do drugs warrants as his area has a burglary problem!Now this approach really has to be sorted and I know from very reliablesources that our Broad Sword and his Holiness the Pope would notagree with this (lack of) endeavour.You don’t have to be a rocket scientist to know that much of the crimewe investigate is related!Drugs, alcohol (related), burgs, violence, fraud etc all go hand in handand we need to hammer the Hell out of whatever we identify as causingissues in our communities.We know these crimes feed off each other and I gotta say I’m very tiredof seeing this limited approach being taken by what are supposed to beour leaders in this great job. Damn stats are just that, damn stats, andwe all know they can be manipulated for good or evil. People in thesepositions are supposed to be our ‘big picture’ thinkers and a bit morethan finger painting needs to be done!The mighty All BlacksPut the lucky socks on and get ready for another helter skelter TriNations Series. Looks all good for 2009 with all the NZ Super 14 teamsnear the top of the table.What a ripper of a competition the Super 14 has been this year. Themighty Red and Blacks unfortunately did ‘a Canes’ fall at the second-lastfence impersonation against the ‘raging’ Bulls and while Toddy and theboys have had a few hiccoughs along the way they will bounce back.Trust me on this.See Ya!Irony…160 people get swine flu and everybody wants to wear a mask.A million people die of AIDS and no one wants to wear a condom.<strong>June</strong> July AugustWAIHEKE ISLAND ........................... 11,17-18,26,30 .............................................1-2,19-23,26,29-30 ................................................4-6,12,14,17-20,24-26,30-31PAIHIA............................................ 14-19,21-25,29-30 .......................................1-2,18-23,29-30 .....................................................2-5,9-14,16-31STANMORE BAY ............................. 10-11,14-18,21-26,28-30 .............................1-3,18-30................................................................2-31AUCKLAND .................................... 18,23,30 ........................................................28............................................................................5-6,18-19,24-26,31WHANGAMATA ............................... 7-11,14-25,28-30 .........................................1-2,7-9,19-31 .........................................................1-31MT MAUNGANUI ............................ 9-11,14-18,21-25,28-30 ...............................1-2,9,13,19-23,26-30 .............................................2-6,9-13,16-20,23-27,30OHOPE ........................................... 11,14-19,22-30 .............................................1-3,11-16,19-24,26-30...........................................2,6-31ROTORUA ...................................... 9-10,14-18,21-23,25,30 ...............................1-2,9,19-23,27-28,30 .............................................2-7,9-13,17,24-26,31TAUPO ........................................... 9-11,15-16,18,21-25,28-30 ..........................1-2,21-23,27-30 .....................................................5-6,17,27TURANGI ........................................ 9-10,15-17,21-25 .........................................Winter ballot ............................................................Winter ballotNAPIER .......................................... 8-10,18,22-23,26,30 .....................................1,4,15,19-23,28-30.................................................2-5,10-13,16-20,23-27PARAPARAUMU .............................. 9-10,16-17,21-25 .........................................1-2,6-7,14-16,19-23,26-30 ....................................6,10-13,16-18,22-26GREYTOWN .................................... 4,7,10-11,14-18,21-25,28-30 .......................1-2,6-8,19-24,26-30...............................................2-6,9-14,16-20,23-27,30-31WELLINGTON ................................. 11,15-17,21-23,29-30 ..................................23,28.......................................................................2-3,5,9-13,17-20,23-27,31NELSON ......................................... 9-11,14-18,21-25,28-30 ...............................1-2,19-20,23...........................................................2-10,15-20,22-27,30-31HANMER SPRINGS ......................... 29 ..................................................................19-22,31 .................................................................Fully bookedCHRISTCHURCH ............................. 10,25,30 ........................................................23,25-30 .................................................................2-5,10-13,15-18,20,23-27,30-31AKAROA ......................................... 23 ..................................................................Fully booked ............................................................4-5,11-12,16-20,25-27TEKAPO ......................................... 18 ..................................................................................................................................................Winter ballot Winter ballotWANAKA ........................................ 7-18,22-25,30 ...............................................1..............................................................................Fully bookedCROMWELL ................................... 8-9,11,21-25 .................................................6,10.........................................................................16-21,30-31QUEENSTOWN ............................... 9-12,21,27-30 ...............................................Winter ballot ............................................................Winter ballotTE ANAU ........................................ 9-11,14-30 ....................................................3-5,7-9,14-16,19-31...............................................1-31DUNEDIN ....................................... 23-25,28-30 ..................................................1-2,8,19-24,26-29 ..................................................2-6,9-14,16-19,26130<strong>June</strong> 2009
POLICE COUNCIL OF SPORTTo contact the <strong>Police</strong> Council of Sport, call Alison Murray at the RNZPC. Ph: (04) 238-3139Powerlifting:Darren Neves making his markBy Steve Plowman, Editor, <strong>Police</strong> <strong><strong>New</strong>s</strong>Darren Neves, an Auckland-based policeofficer, has been going from strengthto strength since starting competitivepowerlifting last year and such has been hisimprovement that he recently finished fourthin the Oceania Champs held in Tahiti.Darren first started weightlifting back incollege 13 years ago but his competitivepowerlifting career blossomed last year whenhe won the 100 kg division at the AucklandChamps.A win in the 90-kg kilogram class at thesubsequent North Island Champs, in July oflast year, boosted Darren’s confidence andhe decided to take on the more seasonedcompetitors at the NZ Champs a month later.He came away with a bronze medal thereand knuckled down to the training requiredto take on the best at the Oceania Champslast December.Challenging conditions“The conditions were really challenging, with35 degree heat and 100% humidity. I mustadmit it was a shock to the system,” Darrentold <strong>Police</strong> <strong><strong>New</strong>s</strong>.Darren relished the experience of being partof the <strong>New</strong> <strong>Zealand</strong> team though and at theend off the competition he had registeredthree personal bests with a squat of 235kg,a benchpress of 172.5kg and a deadlift of245kg for a total PB of 652.5kg to take fourthplace.The difference between powerlifting andbodybuilding is that powerlifters train forstrength to see how much weight they canbenchpress, squat and deadlift. Bodybuilderstrain to shape their bodies and while manylook strong they lack the explosive power andstrength of powerlifters. So while a powerliftermight not be as big as a bodybuilder theygenerally have greater core strength.TrainingDarren said he trains for maximum strengthbut not necessarily for size. He said he was“stoked” with his personal bests in Tahiti.“PBs always give you a drive in your sport,especially if you know you don't stand achance for a placing, so driving for a personalbest in at least one of your lifts can be a greatmotivator,” he said. He was very pleasedwith his efforts last year, coming away withpersonal bests at every competition heentered.Darren trains out of the <strong>New</strong> Lynn ClubPhysical under the guidance of coachStephen King. King won an Oceania title lastyear in the Masters division.Maintaining a tough training regimen canbe challenging with shift work but there arespinoff benefits for the job with the extra corestrength from powerlifting too.“I find having the extra strength helps on the• Darren Neves shows the strain while winning last year’s North Island 90 kg powerlifting championship.Visit www.policeassn.org.nz for updated contact details for the <strong>Police</strong> Council of Sport management committee,District Sports Officers and the latest schedule of events.<strong>June</strong> 2009131
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