Deputy Commissioner Glenn Dunbier, ONZM for services to the New Zealand Police and the community
Deputy Commissioner Glenn Dunbier joined New Zealand Police in 1985, serving as a frontline Constable and Detective in Counties Manukau, before becoming Sergeant in Auckland City. He specialised in covert policing for more than a decade, before transferring to the Waikato Police District. He became Area Commander of Eastern Bay of Plenty and then District Commander of Bay of Plenty, implementing the Policing Excellence change programme and introducing the Prevention First operating model in the area. He became Deputy Commissioner: Resource Management, leading the implementation and embedding of recommendations from the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct. Following a secondment to the Australian Department of Defence, he became Deputy Commissioner: Operations, with responsibility for more than 10,000 Police staff. Deputy Commissioner Dunbier led the Police response to the COVID-19 pandemic.