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'''Ross P. Dallow''' (born 1930) is a former senior member of the [[New Zealand Police]] |
'''Ross P. Dallow''' [[Queen's Police Medal|QPM]], [[New Zealand Special Service Medal#New Zealand Special Service Medal (Erebus)|NZSSM (Erebus)]], [[JP]] (born 1930) is a former senior member of the [[New Zealand Police]] who had an important influence on improved race relations in [[Auckland]]. He is an Auckland local politician. |
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==Early life== |
==Early life== |
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Dallow spent his childhood in [[Auckland]] and was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland]].<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1960'', p. 83.</ref> He is the younger brother of [[Graeme Dallow]].<ref name="Ross">Susan Butterworth, p. 247.</ref> |
Dallow spent his childhood in [[Auckland]] and was educated at [[St Peter's College, Auckland]].<ref>''St Peter's College Magazine 1960'', p. 83.</ref> He is the younger brother of [[Graeme Dallow]].<ref name="Ross">Susan Butterworth, p. 247.</ref> |
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==Police career== |
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Dallow was a significant personality in the management of race relations in the Auckland Police District in the 1970s. As Inspector, he was originally in charge of the Task Force which Graeme Dallow had set up as a temporary expedient to deal with street disorder among the large Māori and Pacific cummunities that had migrated to [[South Auckland]].<ref name="Ross"/> Later Ross Dallow headed the Community Relations Co-ordinators for five years. As leader of both units, Dallow worked on improving communications with Māori and [[Pacific Islander|Pasifika]] leaders. For example, he took [[Pita Sharples|Assistant Race Relations Conciliator Pita Sharples]] out with the Task Force one night to show him the problems on the street, and won the influential support of the Conciliator's office. In the face of the reluctance of many of his colleagues, Ross Dallow, as Superintendant, spent much of his time addressing opinion-formers and cultivating a more positive relationsip with the media.<ref>Susan Butterworth, pp. 247-248.</ref> |
Dallow was a significant personality in the management of race relations in the Auckland Police District in the 1970s. As Inspector, he was originally in charge of the Task Force which Graeme Dallow had set up as a temporary expedient to deal with street disorder among the large Māori and Pacific cummunities that had migrated to [[South Auckland]].<ref name="Ross"/> Later Ross Dallow headed the Community Relations Co-ordinators for five years. As leader of both units, Dallow worked on improving communications with Māori and [[Pacific Islander|Pasifika]] leaders. For example, he took [[Pita Sharples|Assistant Race Relations Conciliator Pita Sharples]] out with the Task Force one night to show him the problems on the street, and won the influential support of the Conciliator's office. In the face of the reluctance of many of his colleagues, Ross Dallow, as Superintendant, spent much of his time addressing opinion-formers and cultivating a more positive relationsip with the media.<ref>Susan Butterworth, pp. 247-248.</ref> |
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==Local goverment== |
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In 2010 Dallow was elected as an [[Auckland local elections 2010#Henderson-Massey Local Board (8)|independent councillor]] on the [Auckland council#Local boards|[Henderson-Massey Local Board of Auckland city]]<ref>[http://www.aucklandcouncil.govt.nz/EN/AboutCouncil/representativesbodies/LocalBoards/HendersonMasseylocalboard/Pages/contact.aspx Auckland Council, Henderson Massey Local Board, Members] (retrieved 14 Dcember 2012)</ref> |
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==Sources== |
==Sources== |
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Revision as of 20:33, 13 December 2012
Ross P. Dallow QPM, NZSSM (Erebus), JP (born 1930) is a former senior member of the New Zealand Police who had an important influence on improved race relations in Auckland. He is an Auckland local politician.
Early life
Dallow spent his childhood in Auckland and was educated at St Peter's College, Auckland.[1] He is the younger brother of Graeme Dallow.[2]
Police career
Dallow was a significant personality in the management of race relations in the Auckland Police District in the 1970s. As Inspector, he was originally in charge of the Task Force which Graeme Dallow had set up as a temporary expedient to deal with street disorder among the large Māori and Pacific cummunities that had migrated to South Auckland.[2] Later Ross Dallow headed the Community Relations Co-ordinators for five years. As leader of both units, Dallow worked on improving communications with Māori and Pasifika leaders. For example, he took Assistant Race Relations Conciliator Pita Sharples out with the Task Force one night to show him the problems on the street, and won the influential support of the Conciliator's office. In the face of the reluctance of many of his colleagues, Ross Dallow, as Superintendant, spent much of his time addressing opinion-formers and cultivating a more positive relationsip with the media.[3]
Local goverment
In 2010 Dallow was elected as an independent councillor on the [Auckland council#Local boards|[Henderson-Massey Local Board of Auckland city]][4]
Sources
Main reference
- Susan Butterworth, More than Law and Order: Policing in a Changing Society 1945-92, University of Otago Press, Dunedin, 2005 (Volume 5 of The History of Policing in New Zealand).