Police
Continuing on with the various work groups based at the Te Awamutu Police Station, this week I will write about our wonderful front counter staff.
Ryan Fleming outside Te Awamutu Police Station.
At Police College our training sergeants dutifully told us to be nice to the front counter staff as they had the ability to make our lives easier or make our lives hell. Never has a truer word been spoken.
We are blessed at the Te Awamutu station with a number of front counter staff including casual staff. They are the first point of contact for any member of the public who come to the station with an enquiry. Front counter staff have a wealth of knowledge and rarely respond with an “I don’t know” when a constable asks a question about some policy, procedure or where something is in the station.
They also complete a lot of the background paperwork after an arrest which allows constables more street time. My personal favourite when it comes to front counter is being told they have someone at the front counter who is demanding to speak with a uniformed police constable. Invariably I’ll go out and field the question only to have to get the answer from the front counter person.
Front counter staff of New Zealand Police: We salute you.
