Teret Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 Police Association president Greg O'Connor yesterday defended the police decision to sponsor an Auckland secondary schools rugby competition. Recruitment marketing manager James Whitaker said police would spend around $40,000 a year for the next three years sponsoring the Auckland secondary schools' first XV competition, involving 28 teams. "We see this sponsorship as a great vehicle to promote the New Zealand Police as a career option to a large number of school leavers," he said. "We need people who are fit and able to think on their feet and a lot of these people play rugby." National's police spokesman Chester Borrows said the money could be better spent in other areas, to help turn lives around. "If you asked a lot of the youth aid officers around the country, they could nominate all sorts of great youth justice projects," he said. "It's a shame when police have to resort to sponsoring a rugby tournament ... to attract recruits." Mr O'Connor said the sponsorship was an excellent initiative that had the full support of the police officers' union. "It's disappointing that the knockers out there are all too quick to put the boot into anything police do," Mr O'Connor said. The sponsorship would promote policing as a career option among young people who were fit, motivated and disciplined, and from a wide range of ethnic backgrounds, he said. "The sponsorship will also build a positive profile for police with players' friends, families, supporters and wider communities," Mr O'Connor said. "Communities will see the police putting its money where its mouth is, and demonstrating confidence in local youth." - NZPA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted October 18, 2007 Author Share Posted October 18, 2007 In before redstar, cluedo and dr_weazel Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted October 22, 2007 Share Posted October 22, 2007 Just what we need, more meat head thugby playing cops in this country. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh Grant Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 is it true that you need a degree to be in the all blacks? anyway thats what i got told. and i think its bs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 is it true that you need a degree to be in the all blacks? anyway thats what i got told. and i think its bs ∞ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard M Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Anton Oliver has two degrees Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr_weazel Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Anton Oliver has two degrees Anton Oliver is the exception to the rule. Full credit to him, it was a degree of 3 semesters, and the best man graduated on the day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dold Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 and in art history aint it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 Conrad Smith's a Lawyer but hes not much of an allblack Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grind Posted October 23, 2007 Share Posted October 23, 2007 Conrad Smith's a Lawyer but hes not much of an allblack I bet he takes more sick days than anyone else in his firm. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teret Posted October 23, 2007 Author Share Posted October 23, 2007 lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carlos the Jackal Posted October 24, 2007 Share Posted October 24, 2007 is it true that you need a degree to be in the all blacks? anyway thats what i got told. and i think its bs A degree in Fighting maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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