Good morning / afternoon / evening everyone. Select which applies to you when reading this at whatever time of day you choose to peruse my ramblings.

It’s late on a Sunday evening as I sum up the week’s happenings for you. Bit of an odd week to be honest, there is a real different air about. A sombre mood, I think.

On Monday, patrols were done around schools focusing on road safety.

A fraud complaint was taken where a substantial sum of money was involved. An individual was also given assistance with resolving a warrant for their arrest. A timely reminder that if you receive a court date then attend said court date, lest you find yourself checking into casa de Queenstown police cells for the night.

On Tuesday night an adventure bike was stolen from an address on Upton Street. If you noticed anything suspicious around then, drop us a line.

On Thursday there was a crash on the Crown Range. Thankfully no major injuries to those involved, but a reminder to all to take care on the roads.

A report was taken where a lost EFTPOS card was used to the tune of a couple-of-hundred dollars. A simple fix for this is to put a hold on your card until it is back safe in your hands.

In the evening there was a re-enactment of Fast & Furious: Tokyo Drift, where the new roundabout by BP was the main feature. This version didn’t do quite so well as the

original, with the driver off to court and their car impounded. Save those sorts of shenanigans for the playstation I reckon.

On Friday we did some gardening. By gardening I mean removing cannabis plants that an avid botanist was cultivating in the wilds.

A checkpoint was conducted in the evening and no drink drivers were found – a pleasing thing. An inebriated cyclist was found to have fallen off their bike after sinking a few too many cold ones. We assisted in dropping them off home and on the way, located their mate who had also come asunder off their bike due to similar circumstances. They were taken away in an ambulance though so a bit more serious.

On Saturday we were called to a drunken man who was fighting at an address. Upon arrival, it turns out alcohol was consumed but the only fight going on was playfighting and the call to ambulance was for the man’s potentially dislocated shoulder. Safe to say we weren’t there for very long once we’d figured out what had gone on.

A chunk of time was taken up with trying to solve the problem of stranded 4x4 enthusiasts on the Hawkdun Range. They were rescued the following day.

Some of our team have been and returned from Wellington with more going this week. They’re off to support our colleagues up there in some atrocious conditions. I’ve been told that our area (Wanaka, Queenstown, Cromwell and Alexandra) have been punching above their weight in terms of the number of people going up compared to our total number of staff. This is cool to hear because it means that our community have police who not only care about their own towns, but also with keeping the public safe in other places as well as supporting out of town colleagues. Just wanted to share that with you guys.

Have a great week everyone.