More than one year after being named an honoree, Fayette County Behavioral Health Administration Chief Executive Officer Lisa Ferris received her 2020 Dennis Marion Impact Award.
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Isaacs was driving south from the Bay of Islands on August 4. The impact caused her car to fly through the air, and she was trapped in the wreckage for about an hour before emergency services could cut her out. Ferris was flown to Christchurch Hospital with multiple injuries, including a head injury that left her needing ongoing assistance with daily activities. Police tests later found cannabis and methamphetamine in Isaacs’ system. Ferris’ partner had planned to read a victim impact statement to the court on Monday but chose not after learning of the drink-driving incident in January, police prosecutor Sergeant Ian Collin said.
The Defence Force has finalised new rules on how it will deal with reports of civilian harm involving New Zealand soldiers.
US and New Zealand soldiers take cover as a helicopter arrives to transport them to Khost province in Afghanistan in November 2008.
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The move was one recommendation from the government inquiry into an SAS-led raid in Afghanistan - known as Operation Burnham.
The NZDF said the order created a consistent and transparent approach to dealing with any reports of incidents.
The framework states eight steps should be completed for reports of civilian harm: incident awareness, an initial notification report, initial assessment, incident report and then an investigation. The final three steps are sharing of findings, amends, and closing authority.