Safer Communities Together
New Zealand Police works with the community to make New Zealand safe and secure for its citizens. We seek to prevent crime, improve public security and detect offenders. The unwavering commitment of NZ police officers to provide service to the New Zealand public helps in maintaining the law and order in the country.
As a part of the NZ Police force, we are actively involved with the community to ensure that we address the grievances of the citizens. Below are two incidents that took place last week in Auckland where NZ police officers successfully nabbed the offenders.
Police in action
On July 9, at about 4:11 p.m., three men and a woman entered a discount store in Pukekohe. One of the men, who was carrying a knife, walked around the counter to the server’s side and approached both victims who were standing behind the counter. He threatened one of the servers and instructed them to open the cash till. The victim complied and the man stole cash and tobacco packets from the cigarette cabinet. He ran from the store along with the other offenders. Police were called and subsequent enquiries led to the police locating and apprehending the people involved in the incident. They have since been charged with the aggravated robbery at the store.
In another incident, on July 6, at about 9:30 a.m., the victim was working at a dairy in Paerata. There was another attendant present in the store. At this time, three people entered the store, one of whom was carrying a weapon. The offenders went behind the counter and demanded that the victim open the cash register. One shop attendant was threatened with the weapon and the other was assaulted. The offenders fled from the store in a car that was located shortly afterwards by police and towed for further investigation. Subsequent enquiries resulted in the police locating two suspects who have been charged with aggravated robbery.
Police in community
In an endeavour to improve community engagement and also make it easy and open to members of the community to approach and speak to Police, officers are regularly engaged in attending community events. Police officers recently attended two events and interacted with the community.
Eid celebrations: Counties Manukau Police attended and celebrated Eid with Muslim brothers and sisters at a Mosque in Otahuhu and would like to wish Muslim community, Eid Mubarak.
Recruitment: Counties Manukau Police engaged with aspirants from South Asian community who wished to join NZ Police at the recruitment seminar on Saturday, July 9.
Prevention tips
It is all about safety in the community and therefore we wish to share some prevention tips regularly with our readers to ensure they are more aware and informed, which directly relates to their safety.
• Retail Safety: Retailers are encouraged to know their neighbours so that they can assist each other in case of an emergency. Call 111 if you see any suspicious individuals or vehicles hanging around your shops.
• Valuables: Record the serial numbers of jewellery and expensive electronic items and photograph these and other valuables. You can store these details online at www.snap.org.nz
• Audible alarms: Retailers are encouraged to install loud audible alarms. Testing of these alarms during installation is a good idea to let the local criminals know that there is a loud audible alarm installed. This alarm together with the interaction with surrounding neighbours will work well as a deterrent and contingency plan if there is an attempt.
Sergeant Gurpreet Arora is District Ethnic Services Coordinator for Counties Manukau
New Zealand Police works with the community to make New Zealand safe and secure for its citizens. We seek to prevent crime, improve public security and detect offenders. The unwavering commitment of NZ police officers to provide service to the New Zealand public helps in maintaining the law and...
New Zealand Police works with the community to make New Zealand safe and secure for its citizens. We seek to prevent crime, improve public security and detect offenders. The unwavering commitment of NZ police officers to provide service to the New Zealand public helps in maintaining the law and order in the country.
As a part of the NZ Police force, we are actively involved with the community to ensure that we address the grievances of the citizens. Below are two incidents that took place last week in Auckland where NZ police officers successfully nabbed the offenders.
Police in action
On July 9, at about 4:11 p.m., three men and a woman entered a discount store in Pukekohe. One of the men, who was carrying a knife, walked around the counter to the server’s side and approached both victims who were standing behind the counter. He threatened one of the servers and instructed them to open the cash till. The victim complied and the man stole cash and tobacco packets from the cigarette cabinet. He ran from the store along with the other offenders. Police were called and subsequent enquiries led to the police locating and apprehending the people involved in the incident. They have since been charged with the aggravated robbery at the store.
In another incident, on July 6, at about 9:30 a.m., the victim was working at a dairy in Paerata. There was another attendant present in the store. At this time, three people entered the store, one of whom was carrying a weapon. The offenders went behind the counter and demanded that the victim open the cash register. One shop attendant was threatened with the weapon and the other was assaulted. The offenders fled from the store in a car that was located shortly afterwards by police and towed for further investigation. Subsequent enquiries resulted in the police locating two suspects who have been charged with aggravated robbery.
Police in community
In an endeavour to improve community engagement and also make it easy and open to members of the community to approach and speak to Police, officers are regularly engaged in attending community events. Police officers recently attended two events and interacted with the community.
Eid celebrations: Counties Manukau Police attended and celebrated Eid with Muslim brothers and sisters at a Mosque in Otahuhu and would like to wish Muslim community, Eid Mubarak.
Recruitment: Counties Manukau Police engaged with aspirants from South Asian community who wished to join NZ Police at the recruitment seminar on Saturday, July 9.
Prevention tips
It is all about safety in the community and therefore we wish to share some prevention tips regularly with our readers to ensure they are more aware and informed, which directly relates to their safety.
• Retail Safety: Retailers are encouraged to know their neighbours so that they can assist each other in case of an emergency. Call 111 if you see any suspicious individuals or vehicles hanging around your shops.
• Valuables: Record the serial numbers of jewellery and expensive electronic items and photograph these and other valuables. You can store these details online at www.snap.org.nz
• Audible alarms: Retailers are encouraged to install loud audible alarms. Testing of these alarms during installation is a good idea to let the local criminals know that there is a loud audible alarm installed. This alarm together with the interaction with surrounding neighbours will work well as a deterrent and contingency plan if there is an attempt.
Sergeant Gurpreet Arora is District Ethnic Services Coordinator for Counties Manukau
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