IR-01-24-38300
15 November 2024
Francis Cole
[FYI request #28993 email]
Tēnā koe Francis
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 31 October 2024.
You requested:
Dear New Zealand Police, I would like to make the following freedom of
information request 1. The organisational structure of the dignitary protection
service and the teams within it. please note I am not requesting operational
information such as names of officers, numbers of staff, division of staff numbers
etc
Police has information published externally about the Police management structure, the
12 districts as well as some of its teams and units, including the Dignitary Protection
Service (DPS)1. The DPS is headquartered in Wellington at Police National Headquarters
(PNHQ) and sits within the Tactical Operations Group under the broader Security &
International division of Police.
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
Ngā mihi
Superintendent Penelope Gifford
Director Tactical Operations
1
https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/structure/teams-units
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz