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CHANGING OF THE GUARD
After more than 25 years as the Executive officer for the Leaders Guild, Earle Cooper has retired, well sort of. He is still remaining as a board member of the Guild Trust. I have been lucky enough to work alongside Earle for a number of years as a Guild member. Earle bought to the role strengths he utilized as the Commandant of the Royal New Zealand Police College, prior to his first retirement. During his time as Executive Officer, he has established a relationship across police, government agencies and non-government agencies based on mutual respect and trust and sometimes just a handshake (remember those days?). There isn’t much that Earle doesn’t know about what’s happening across the country when it relates to policing. The challenge for us is to ensure we keep all that knowledge and those relationships that Earle has built up working at the same level. There certainly are a large pair of shoes to fill and I’m glad he is still hooked in and only a call away. Well, apart from the odd cruise he might take Leslie on.
At the beginning of December, I took over the role after a brief induction from the man himself. I have taken over the role at a time when the executive has signaled a desire and intent to build on our name change earlier this year to the Police Leaders Guild. During the coming year, you can expect to hear more from the executive on social media and in person, especially around leadership. I’m looking forward to working with the Guild Executive and making contact with many of you over 2020. Oh, and who am I? I’m the fella with the jacket on standing next to Earle in the photo. Retired from police in 2015/16 after 35 years. Over that time I worked various roles in Auckland, Northland, and Waikato. Since 2015 I have spent 3 months every year traveling and picking up contract work in the months I’ve been home. You will also see that I will be working from Mount Maunganui which is where I now live. Catch you in the new year ( which is tomorrow), hopefully, you all get a bit of a break over the next few weeks.
Kind Regards
Rob
