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Seven Indian born constables graduate from Royal New Zealand Police College in December 2020 Wednesday, January 13, 2021 Rizwan Mohammad
New Zealand Police has witnessed one of the most diverse sets of officers graduating from Wing 342 of Royal New Zealand Police College earlier last month.
The year 2020 saw police pass a landmark of 10,000 officers despite having a very challenging training session due to Covid-19 in New Zealand. Some wings were unable to invite their loved ones to graduation even.
Recruit Wing 342 graduated from RNZPC mid-December adding another 59 to the 500 constables who had already joined the frontline during 2020.
Seven of the 59 graduates were of Indian descent with others being from South Africa, Samoa, Singapore, Ireland and the UK.
Recruit Wing 342 graduates from the Royal New Zealand Police College Thursday, January 7, 2021 IWK Bureau
For the last time in 2020, a batch of new constables prepared to join their districts. Recruit Wing 342 graduated in mid-December from the Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC), adding 59 to the 500 constables who had already joined the front line during 2020.
The year saw Police pass the landmark of 10,000 officers; it also saw training significantly challenged by COVID-19, with some wings unable to invite loved ones to graduation. But there was a lively full house at the RNZPC as Wing 342 proudly paraded in front of Commissioner Andrew Coster, Police Minister Poto Williams and others to mark the end of initial training. Wing 342 members were a diverse lot. A number were born in India, with others from South Africa, Samoa, Singapore, Ireland and the UK. As well as English, members speak Mandarin, Tongan, Samoan, Afrikaans, Hindi and Punjabi.
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