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police car stock generic Wednesday, March 14, 2018 Wanganui Chronicle photograph by Bevan Conley. WGP 21Mar18 – EXCESSIVE: Surveillance at a public meeting on assisted suicide resembles the political use of police power. WGP 31Mar18 – SAFE TRAVELS: Police are urging motorists to drive to the conditions. PHOTO/FILE WGP 16Apr18 – GONE: Whanganui Police are seeking the occupants of a car that hit a power pole on Anzac Parade on Sunday. HBG 16Apr18 - WGP 17Apr18 - WGP 20Apr18 – MAKE YOUR MARK: Police are advising people to engrave or mark their garden tools as burglars continue to target garden sheds.PHOTO/FILE WGP 20Apr18 - HBG 23Apr18 - HBG 05May18 - WGP 08May18 - WGP 11May18 – A free seminar will be held to help small business owners prevent crime.PHOTO / BEVAN CONLEY RGP 03Jul18 - HBG 09Jul18 - WGP 14Jul18 – Police were resisted by Rapene Hone Pikirangi Edwards who was sentenced in Whanganui District Court on Tuesday. PHOTO / BEVAN CONLEY BTG 26Jul18 – Criticism about children in a car outside Whakatane Police Station.Photo / File WGP 18Aug18 – Mathew Tamiti Mokaraka is making a habit of stealing items and then returning to pay for them.PHOTO / BEVAN CONLEY WGP 31Aug18 – How safe you feel in Whanganui – or New Zealand, for that matter – may have more to do with perception than fact. RGP 04Sep18 – Witnesses said at least five police cars were involved in the chase. Photo / File WGP 13Sep18 – Initial police inquiries suggest that a man found with serious injuries on Smithfield Rd was attacked by a group of people who also stole several items from him. Photo / Bevan Conley RGP 14Sep18 - WGP 25Sep18 – A Whanganui policeman was left with multiple injuries when he was punched in the face on duty. Photo / Bevan Conley WGP 06Oct18 – A girl was forced to call police after she witnessed her dad assault her mum, leaving her swollen and sore. PHOTO / BEVAN CONLEY WGP 20Oct18 – When Whanganui Police searched the home of Timothy Hooper, they discovered a small amou
By RNZ
Bystanders came to the rescue of a police officer “in a potentially dangerous situation” in Feilding after breaking up a fight Saturday afternoon.
The officer was a couple of hours into her shift when she was called to Lethbridge St shortly after 2pm following reports of a group of people fighting, said Manawatū Area Commander Inspector Ross Grantham.
“She intervened and the situation began to calm down.
“However, the arrival of another aggressive person saw the incident flare up again, putting the officer in a potentially dangerous position.

