NZ Police intelligence wins three awards

New Zealand Police have won three of the five available awards at the New Zealand Institute of Intelligence Professionals (NZIIP) Annual Community Awards.

Detective Superintendent Carl McLennan represented the Commissioner of Police at the awards, which recognises the achievements and efforts of the intelligence community.

Rebecca Kitteridge, Director of the New Zealand Security Intelligence Service (NZSIS), presented the awards at Wednesday night’s ceremony.

The awards won by Police included:

The Intelligence Training Award: This recognises an agency, team or person who has made noteworthy advances to the state of intelligence training in New Zealand.
Carl Kennedy was awarded the Intelligence award posthumously and Mr McLennan collected the award on his behalf.

Mr Kennedy passed away in February this year.

“It’s an honour to have collected this award on Carl’s behalf.

This recognises his 10 years of service with New Zealand Police intelligence and the rest of his career with the New Zealand Defence Force as an intelligence professional.

“His award recognised the progress he made to intelligence training across the entire community, and not just police.

Carl’s programmes are seen as world leading and his family and friends continue to be immensely proud of the number of people Carl’s work has touched.”

The Innovation in Intelligence Award: This recognises an agency, team or person responsible for noteworthy innovation in one or more of the fields of collection, analysis or report.
Inspector Glyn Rowland collected the award on behalf of the New Zealand Police Communications Centre Intelligence Unit.

“It recognises how we’re using police communications data and turning it into actionable intelligence that can be used by all districts to help make our roads safer,” Mr Rowland says.

“Intelligence products have been developed nationally to recommend prevention and enforcement tactics to address high risk drivers who repeatedly come to police attention.”

The Practitioner Achievement Award: This award recognises the development and growth of intelligence professionals within the intelligence community, and is aimed at those that have provided direct, insightful or notable contribution to their team, agency or area.

The Ministry for Primary Industries and the New Zealand Defence Force picked up the other two awards.

Mr McLennan says: “It’s a privilege to have attended these awards.

The recognition is a testament to the professionalism, skills and knowledge of New Zealand Police intelligence staff.”

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