AA praises outgoing road policing manager

17 February 2012

AA praises outgoing road policing manager

The AA wishes to pay tribute to departing Police Superintendent Paula Rose’s tireless efforts to improve road safety in New Zealand.

The Police announced today that Superintendent Rose would be retiring from the force and her role as National Manager of Road Policing. The AA took this news with regret, while at the same time wishing Superintendent Rose all the best for the future.

“Paula Rose has been an exceptional National Manager of Road Policing and we at the AA are very sad to see her go,” says AA Motoring Affairs General Manager Mike Noon.

“Her dedication to making our roads safer has been second-to-none and she should be rightly proud of what she has achieved in her career with the Police.

“We might have had different views on a few issues over the years but there was no doubt that Superintendent Rose was just as committed to reducing the numbers of people unnecessarily killed and injured on our roads as the AA is.”

New Zealand has made significant progress in road safety over the last few years, and Superintendent Rose has helped lead and foster a much more open and collaborative approach between the Police, other Government agencies and road safety groups like the AA.

“Superintendent Rose knew that we can achieve more by working together and the AA looks forward to continuing to have a positive working relationship with her successor,” says Mr Noon.

“The Police do extremely hard and often unappreciated work so the AA wants to publically acknowledge and thank Superintendent Rose for all she has done.

“The AA would have liked Superintendent Rose to stay on, but it is fitting that her last year as National Manager of Road Policing was a landmark one for road safety, with New Zealand recording its lowest road toll since 1952.”

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