The Minister of Police, George Hawkins, has today welcomed the graduation of 59 new police from the Royal New Zealand
Police College.
"That's a real boost for the Police Districts around the country" said Mr Hawkins. "And the great news is that there are
more to come – a total of around 236 new police (including those who graduated today) will be stationed around the
country by the end of the year."
"The focus will be on resourcing districts with the most vacancies" said Mr Hawkins. I am looking forward to seeing
police numbers boosted significantly around the country once our final wing for the year graduates at the end of
November."
Mr Hawkins said that of the wing that graduated today, twelve police are destined for Counties Manukau, ten to North
Shore/Waitakere and eight to Wellington. An extra six police will go to the Central District, five to Auckland City,
four to the Waikato, three each to Northland and Canterbury, and two each to Southern, Eastern, and Bay of Plenty and
Tasman.
Mr Hawkins said that Police numbers nationwide are looking healthy, with a total of 7078 sworn police, including those
at the Police College.
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