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Mayor Pays Tribute
September 17, 2008
Media Release (For Immediate
Release)
Mayor Pays Tribute
Bob Harvey has dedicated his latest Mayoral report to slain police officer Don Wilkinson.
The Waitakere Mayor’s monthly report will be presented at the next full Council meeting (on September 24).
In a forward to the report Mayor Harvey says: “The killing of police strikes at the very heart of a decent society. I, like all Mayors of the region have forwarded my condolences to the New Zealand Police and our thoughts go out to his family, friends and colleagues.”
Mr Wilkinson was shot and killed whilst involved in an undercover police raid on a property in South Auckland.
Mayor Harvey hopes to attend Mr Wilkinson’s funeral in Auckland tomorrow.
ENDS
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