On June 19, 2020, a dark purple Toyota, driven by Epiha, caught the two constables’ attention and was flagged in the police national intelligence system. The pair had been on road policing duties.
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Constable Matthew Hunt s family said it was his lifelong dream to become a police officer. Lights and sirens were activated, but as Epiha attempted to evade the officers, he lost control and crashed into another car, injuring a member of the public on Reynella Dr. As an unarmed Goldfinch exited the police car to approach the crash scene, Epiha opened fire, shooting at him 10 times, Crown prosecutor Alysha McClintock previously said.
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First Kiwi Indian woman officer promoted to senior sergeant in NZ police
First Kiwi Indian woman officer promoted to senior sergeant in NZ police
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Sidhu had joined New Zealand Police in 2004. Photo: Facebook/Wellington Punjabi Women Association Inc
The first Kiwi Indian woman police officer, Mandeep Kaur Sidhu, has been promoted to senior sergeant in the New Zealand Police and was presented with her badge by police commissioner Andrew Coster at a ceremony in Wellington recently, according to her post on social media.
She had joined New Zealand Police in 2004 and in her previous role was as an ethnic people’s community relations officer at Henderson Police Station in Waitemata. In her new role, she will move to the police headquarters in Wellington. Kaur moved to New Zealand from Malwa district in Punjab as an immigrant at 26, and it was her childhood dream to become a police officer. According to her profile on the New Zealan