Mr Alan Richards, of Porirua, MNZM for services to the New Zealand Police and education
Alan Richards is National Coordinator Workplace Assessment with the Royal New Zealand Police College (RNZPC). He designed and now administers an adult education certificate for new instructors and develops training plans and arranges attestations for past police officers wanting to rejoin. He designed and delivered police training courses in Timor Leste, Bougainville, and Niue. He helped design a training course, run in Gisborne, to reduce barriers for Māori applicants to join the Police. He organises Remembrance Day commemorations, has served on RNZPC committees, and is a member of the kapa haka group. Mr Richards gives his own time to present histories to groups visiting the Police Museum.