Continuing education for police leaders and managers has taken a technological leap. Ellen Brook reports.

This column is written by a frontline police member. It does not represent the views or policies of the Police Association.

...with new Police Association vice-president Mike McRandle.

Some QID numbers have accidentally been recycled due to a technical error that Police is now working to correct before the next recruit wing graduates this month.

Frontline police in Auckland have taken to wearing their heavy ballistic plate body armour fulltime.

On the face of it, the role of police in New Zealand society seems relatively straightforward. According to the New Zealand Police website, it is to “prevent crime and crashes, improve public safety, detect and bring offenders to account, and maintain law and order”.