Superintendent Mel Aitken is a Police Officer based at head quarters in Wellington. 

She is currently the National Manager for Safer People which is responsible for the Health and Safety and wellbeing of all employees within the organisation. Prior to her current role, Mel was the area commander of the West Coast of New Zealand.   

I wanted to talk to Mel about a whole lot of stuff regarding the nature of being a police officer, managing the public's perception of the police especially taking into consideration recent issues in the United States of America and the mental wellbeing of officers in the street.   

This was a blast!  

Check out my tour page: https://americanrefugees.co.nz/

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