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Why do you want the job?

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Several reasons, including:
• I want to challenge myself and I have been inspired by my female colleagues who have recently been successful with promotion.
• I believe in the Police values and Our Business and I like the direction the organisation is going and I want to be part of this leadership group.
• However, as an organisation I believe we are overpromising and under delivering in regards to Our Business and I can assist with meeting these promises. In my current role I am processing files with fingerprint hits dated January 2019. This damages public trust and confidence. I want to turn this around. I want victims to be happy with the service delivered by the NZ Police and I can make more of a difference as a Detective Sergeant.
• I am victim focused and if we are to improve trust and confidence in the New Zealand Police we need to do better. If our focus is to have 10000 less victims and 90% trust and confidence, I can help with this as a Detective Sergeant.
• I want my family to be proud and I want to be a role model for my colleagues and my children.

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WHAT CAN YOU DELIVER? Why do you think you could make a difference in this position?

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  • What sets me apart from my colleagues is my people skills. I relate well to people.
  • I have been by told by previous supervisors that I lift my colleagues and motivate people with my enthusiasm and attitude.
  • I can lift performance and improve a culture in a group.
  • I am positive in nature. I am a glass half full personality.
  • I genuinely care about people and people know that. I am passionate about the overall well-being of my colleagues, both at work and in general.
  • I find solutions to problems and will make decisions when others cannot.
  • If I don’t know an answer, I am humble enough to ask for help.
  • I am methodical but I think outside the square to come up with solutions.
  • I am victim focused and I do everything I can to ensure every member of public I come in to contact with leaves feeling positive about the New Zealand Police. 
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What are the Police values?

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Professionalism
Respect
Integrity
Maori & the Treaty
Empathy
Diversity (valuing).
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What does diversity mean to you?

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It means understanding that each individual is unique, and recognizing our individual differences. These can be along the dimensions of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, age, physical abilities, religious beliefs, political beliefs, or other ideologies.

Valuing diversity means creating a work environment that respects and includes difference, recognizing the unique contributions that individuals with many types of differences can make and maximizes the potential of all employees.

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What are the main tools of the PHPF

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Main tools are;
•	Performance Agreements
•	Development Plans
•	Monthly Progress Reviews
•	Annual Performance review
•	Planning Guide for the year
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F1 - Strategic Framework. What are our goals?

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Target and catch offenders, prevent crime & victimisation, deliver responsive police service.

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F1 - What are our targets?

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5% reduction road deaths, 10000 fewer serious crime victimisations, 25% reduction in Maori offending, 90% people feel safe and have trust and confidence, $500 million assets restrained.

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F1 - What is our transformation?

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To become worlds best Police service. Safest country policing 2021.

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F1 - What is our vision

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Trust and confidence of all.

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F1 - What is our purpose?

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Be safe, feel safe

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F1 - What is our mission?

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To be the safest country.

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F2 - Culture. What does CHPT stand for

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Characteristics of a high performing team.

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What are the CHPT?

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United, Committed to Excellence, individually Responsible and accountable, Supportive of one another.

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Was is a CAAP?

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Culture Assessment Action Plan.

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What does CAAP stand for?

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United as a Team (2) United as a Whole (3) Committed to Excellence (4) Individually responsible (5) Supportive of one another (6) Supportive as a team of Police

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F3 - Leadership. What does SEE stand for?

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Set
Enable
Expect

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F3 - Leadership. What does SET mean?

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Set the Strategy, Standards, Outcomes and Activities my people need to deliver on their purpose.

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F3 - Leadership. What does ENABLE mean?

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Enable my people to deliver the outcomes the organisation requires from their role.

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F3 - Leadership. What does EXPECT mean?

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Hold my people accountable for delivering the outcomes the organisation requires from their role.

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F4 - Capability.

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Capability Self-Assessment Action Plan

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F5 – Performance Management Framework

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Level Purpose Statement – lead activities from Our Business – Snr level is to lead the Tactics and enable our people to deliver them.

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What does Professionalism mean to you?

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Professionalism is taking pride in being a police officer and making a difference in the communities we serve. Looking and behaving professionally, combined with our expertise, is core to helping our colleagues and communities feel safe and be safe.

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What does Respect mean to you?

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Respect means treating everyone with dignity. It means being respectful to each other and to the communities we work with. Being respectful builds trust and confidence in our organisation.

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What does integrity mean to you?

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Integrity means following your moral or ethical convictions and doing the right thing in all circumstances, even if no one is watching you. Having integrity means you are true to yourself and would do nothing that demeans or dishonors you.

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What does Maori and the Treaty mean to you?

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We act in good faith, and respect, the principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. Working in partnership with mãori is essential to our success. Only together can we reverse the over-representation of mãori in the criminal justice system.

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What does Empathy mean to you?

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Having empathy is the ability to sense other people’s emotions, and the ability to imagine what someone else might be thinking or feeling. If we have empathy we will have a better understanding of what our victims are going through and therefore give them a better service.

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What does valuing diversity mean to you?

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Valuing diversity means creating a work environment that respects and includes difference, recognizing the unique contributions that individuals with many types of differences can make and maximizes the potential of all employees.

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Our Business - Why?

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  • Purpose – Be Safe Feel Safe
  • Mission – to be the safest country
  • Vision – Trust and confidence of all
  • Motto – Safer Communities Together
  • Goals – Prevent crime & victimisation, target & catch offenders, deliver responsive police service
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Our Business - What?

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  • Strategies – Prevention first model – every opportunity to reduce harm; Partnerships; People – Target, deploy to beat demand, mind-set; turning of the Tide; Safer journeys – Road trauma; Wellness & Safety
  • Targets – 5% - 10,000 – 25% Maori – 90% T&C - $500mil
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Our Business - Why?

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  • People – Valued – Equipped/enabled – Safe/Feel safe – High performing – victim focused - visible
  • Partnerships – Collectively working together
  • Transformation – Safest country – P21 – Build the front line – Safer Whanau – Iwi & community partnerships - Evidence based - Modernising - PHPF
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My Mihi

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Tēnā Koutou Katoa Greetings to 3 or more

Ko Pukemoumou te Maunga My mountain

Ko Te Awakairangi te awa My river

Kei te noho au ki Otautahi I live in Christchurch

Ko David Heiler toku hoa rangatira My partner

Ko William ratou, ko Joe, ko Tom, ko Alex aku tamariki My children

Ko Karen Simmons toku ingoa I am

Tēnā Koutou Katoa I greet you

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Opening Statement

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Thank you for giving me the opportunity to participate in this interview today. I am hopeful that I can effectively demonstrate to you what I have to offer as a Detective Sergeant in the New Zealand Police. I appreciate you, the panel, have a difficult task ahead of you, to choose the next round of DS’s. We are lucky in Christchurch to have such capable and experienced Detectives available to choose from and I am chuffed to be considered one of them.
I am a natural leader. I know that because others have chosen me to lead. I lead at work and I manage my busy home. I have been a netball coach, a netball and Plunket President, and at any one moment, I manage about 5 different sport teams. I love to be social and enjoy my Friday night drinks at home with friends after a busy week.
I am the right pick for this job for several reasons. I am highly competent with excellent organisation and management skills. I have a high level of EQ and relate very well to people. I am motivated to succeed and I am victim focused. I have a strong sense of what is right and wrong and I share the values of the NZ Police. I believe I will make a great Detective Sergeant.

I have the necessary experience to do the job with 15 years in the CIB and 7 of those years on Metro Crime equivalent. I have also worked on the CPT, Warrant squad, Tactical squad, District crime, Crime Control Unit and CJSU/ISU. I have held major roles in homicide investigations including OC File, OC Exhibits, OC Family Liaison and OC Warrants.

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Describe “enabling our people”.

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Enabling Others to Act is the behaviour of a confident leader. Leaders who understand the strengths of their colleagues and their potential for more responsibility feel confident in enabling others to take control and initiative. Enabling is a leadership behavior while controlling and directing is a management behavior. When you work as a team, you can see a person’s individual strengths and weaknesses.

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Why performance management is critical to success

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Performance management is critical if we are to achieve our goal at being the worlds best Police Service and to be the safest country. Performance management is critical as it will allow leaders to engage our people in better quality conversations about their progress and development so they can help them improve their Performance and Contribution to both Police and the communities they serve.

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