The Sick Leave Bank was set up in 1981 to provide additional paid sick leave to constabulary members of Police who find themselves with insufficient sick leave to cover extended absences due to ill health.

Police is on a recruiting drive to fill positions at its soon-to-be-opened non-emergency communications and digital centre on the Kapiti Coast.

How an organisation responds to allegations of damaging workplace behaviour can be the difference between a satisfactory resolution to conflict or the end of someone’s career.

Some of our members pay a high price for serving the public. Vicious and unprovoked attacks on police officers can have life-changing consequences.  Ellen Brook reports.