The new Deputy Commissioner
March 31st, 2011 at 1:00 pm by David FarrarAnna Leask at NZ Herald reports:
South Auckland’s top cop has been commended for turning his district’s crime statistics from the worst in New Zealand to some of the best, and will now take his methods nationwide.
Counties Manukau district commander Superintendent Mike Bush was named yesterday as the new Deputy Commissioner of Police. …
“He achieved great results in what is not only the country’s biggest police district, but the one that is the most ethnically, socially and economically diverse. On his watch the district went from having some of the worst crime statistics in the country to some of the best.”
Police Association president Greg O’Connor said the reaction among officers to Mr Bush’s promotion was positive.
“Mike is a very popular choice. He’s a guy who’s more than come up through the ranks … He really has done the work.”
I’ve only heard positive feedback to this announcement. The job is not a popularity contest, but it is good to hear that the senior Police roles are supported by the rank and file.
Tags: Mike Bush, Police
March 31st, 2011 at 1:03 pm
Yes, gone completely outside ‘The Puzzle Palace’ for the top two appointments.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 1:51 pm
I worked with Mike for a short time. An excellent guy, and a well-deserved choice.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 2:19 pm
I bet he’s the sort of copper who doesnt ooze pc bullshit… , ear twister , foot in arse type ” dont let me see you around here again boyo “…we need another 8000 like him.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 2:35 pm
Sounds good but he spoke this morning on National Radio in all that awful management-speak.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 4:11 pm
Good to see feedback from Nigel Kearney, who actually knows the guy. Anyone else know him, or lives in South Auckland and can comment on whether the PR re figures matches the reality?
I’ve heard conflicting accounts on the “miracle” supposedly wrought in South Auckland in terms of crime stats. If it’s for real, it’s something we could, and should, learn from and copy. But if it’s just the usual Police head office “baffle ‘em with bullshit” exercise…
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 5:20 pm
I’ve had a working interface with Mike in the past. His appointment is good news – an excellent selection.
I hope it is indicative of a long overdue fresh wind blowing through the upper echelons of the NZ Police.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 5:32 pm
Those ‘on the ground’ probably can sum a person up well. In the pre ‘Rogernomics’ era a fairly senior job became vacant where I worked. It had a significant external relations side to it. X and Y applied. Few people liked X and the CEO and most staff favoured Y. Y was appointed and X successfully appealed. He then made life miserable for the CEO and the external relationships so much so that the latter publically referred to ‘those we HAVE to deal with’. He did not survive the first shakes of Rogernomics and the same CEO commented to someone I knew that it was nice ‘now having people who worked for HIM’. So an appointee who has the confidence of the Minister and the staff must be a good thing – even if staff recognise that he will not be a soft touch.
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 5:56 pm
Know Mike personally and worked for him, he is the real deal.. Very experienced investigator and has gone onto top management and been successful.
Good for NZ a Auckland Commissioner and Deputy neither tainted by Labour political ambitions to control the New Zealand Police as per Robinson and Broad
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 7:02 pm
Akaroa,
Notwithstanding the earlier comment about him using ‘management speak’ this morning, I am going to assume that “I’ve had a working interface with Mike in the past” doesn’t mean that he ‘threw you in the slammer.’
Vote:March 31st, 2011 at 7:40 pm
Nobody disputes good results, but anybody can do good with 300!!! extra coppers (roughly an additional 40% staff).
Do the results equal the extra resources? Winston Churchill used to hate generals who kept asking for more troops.
Nobody disputes Supt Bush (soon to be DC Bush) is well liked, but he’s not exactly a Napoleon/Rommel/Alexander of police.
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