Counties Manukau Pay Parade and Awards Ceremony
Counties Manukau Pay Parade and Awards Ceremony
Nearly
200 people will march in the Counties Manukau annual Pay
Parade and Awards Ceremony being held on Friday 24
March.
Participants include police officers,
detectives and other police employees, and the parade will
also feature police dogs, horses and motorbikes.
The Mayor of Auckland Phil Goff will join the parade,
along with Police Commissioner Mike Bush, members of the RSA
Executive, and other community leaders.
The parade
will begin outside the RSA on Wellington Street, Howick, at
9.30am.
It will travel around the main Howick shopping
centre, ending back at the RSA on Wellington Street, where
the Awards Ceremony will take place.
The
tradition of the Pay Parade comes from the requirement for
Police officers to march to the local magistrate’s office
every fortnight in their dress uniform and pass inspection
before getting their pay packet.
“Although those days are obviously long gone, the annual Pay Parade and Awards Ceremony remains an important tradition for Counties Manukau Police,” says District Commander Superintendent John Tims.
“It provides a great opportunity to present at our best for the community where the parade is held, and the wider Counties Manukau District.”
Once the parade is inspected by the Commissioner and
Mayor, the Awards Ceremony will take place at the RSA.
The ceremony is an opportunity for Police to recognise the
great work and bravery of staff and members of the
public.
ENDS