Selwyn Times: February 06, 2019
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SELWYN TIMES Latest Christchurch news at www.star.kiwi<br />
Wednesday <strong>February</strong> 6 <strong>2019</strong> 3<br />
News<br />
Break the law this week<br />
and you could end up on television<br />
• By Anan Zaki<br />
IF YOU’RE pulled over by the<br />
police this week, you may end up<br />
on TV.<br />
The popular show Police<br />
Ten 7 will be filming across<br />
the district from Thursday to<br />
Sunday. The camera crew will be<br />
accompanying<br />
Rolleston<br />
Constable Blair<br />
Croucher.<br />
“We will be out<br />
in force with our<br />
road policing,<br />
targeting drink<br />
Blair<br />
Croucher<br />
drivers, speeding<br />
drivers and<br />
inconsiderate<br />
drivers,” Constable Croucher<br />
said.<br />
“They [drivers] might get a<br />
bit more than what they expect<br />
when they get pulled over. They<br />
might end up having their face<br />
on TV.”<br />
He said the camera crew may<br />
also be at the Farmlands Cup<br />
pre-season rugby match between<br />
the Crusaders and Highlanders<br />
in Southbridge on Friday.<br />
“Having Police Ten 7 does instil<br />
the trust and confidence within<br />
the community and the wider<br />
areas of <strong>Selwyn</strong>. We’ll really<br />
be responding to what jobs are<br />
on the radio. They [producers]<br />
pick and choose what they want<br />
afterwards.”<br />
Constable Croucher hopes<br />
to showcase the good side of<br />
<strong>Selwyn</strong>. The footage will air<br />
about a year after filming, once<br />
court proceedings for the cases<br />
have been completed, he said.<br />
This is not the first time Police<br />
Ten 7 has filmed in the district.<br />
“This is about the fourth or<br />
fifth year they have come along<br />
with me,” Constable Croucher<br />
said. “In the past we’ve had<br />
vehicle accidents. Out here<br />
with Main South Rd on our<br />
back doorstep, plus a lot of<br />
rural roads, we do have nasty<br />
accidents with serious injury<br />
and, unfortunately, we do have<br />
our fair share of fatalities.”<br />
Fatal crashes will not be aired<br />
on the show, he said.<br />
Other <strong>Selwyn</strong> incidents<br />
shown on Police Ten 7 have<br />
included drunk and disorderly<br />
behaviour, drink drivers, assaults<br />
and thefts.<br />
<strong>2019</strong><br />
ON THE DOMAIN LINCOLN 2 MARCH <strong>2019</strong><br />
CAUGHT OUT:<br />
The camera<br />
crew from Police<br />
Ten 7, which<br />
is presented<br />
by Detective<br />
Sergeant Rob<br />
Lemoto, will be<br />
filming in <strong>Selwyn</strong><br />
from Thursday to<br />
Sunday.<br />
“Most people we pull over react<br />
pretty good. They are generally<br />
very remorseful and sorry and<br />
admit fault,” Constable Croucher<br />
said.<br />
People can opt to have their<br />
faces blurred for the show, he<br />
said.<br />
Constable Croucher featured<br />
in <strong>Selwyn</strong> <strong>Times</strong> last week after<br />
becoming popular on social<br />
media for an act of kindness<br />
in which he gifted presents to<br />
children selling lemonade and<br />
cookies in Rolleston.<br />
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TWO-CAR CRASH<br />
Firefighters responded to a<br />
two-car crash at the corner<br />
of Homebush and Deans Rds<br />
near Coalgate at 6pm yesterday.<br />
Crews from Coalgate and<br />
Hororata were called to clean<br />
up the crash which involved<br />
a Ford sedan and a Kia sport<br />
utility vehicle, said Hororata<br />
chief fire officer Bruce Sayer.<br />
The occupants of both vehicles<br />
were unharmed.<br />
HAY BALER CATCHES FIRE<br />
Flames shot up more than 3m<br />
after a hay baler caught fire in<br />
Sheffield on Thursday. Sheffield<br />
chief fire officer Neville Croy<br />
said the baler was “well alight”<br />
when firefighters reached<br />
the scene on Wrights Rd at<br />
11.30pm. No one was hurt and<br />
the cause is not known, he<br />
said. A tanker from Springfield<br />
helped put the fire out in about<br />
two hours.<br />
TREE BLOCKS ROAD<br />
Leeston firefighters were called<br />
out to a fallen pine tree blocking<br />
The Lake Rd near Coes Ford<br />
about 11.30am on Thursday.<br />
Firefighters secured the area for<br />
about 15min while the site was<br />
cleared by contractors.<br />
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