Fifty-nine new cops have completed their training for the frontline and will graduate on Thursday at the Royal New Zealand Police College.
Before joining Police, Constable Blake Parata was a youth worker at Billy Graham’s Naenae Boxing Academy, where he worked closely with Youth Aid, Oranga Tamariki and other organisations “to make sure the academy’s young people were being looked after.” He says he has a passion for working with youth and in particular young Māori men, and has joined Police to make a difference in the community.
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