The New Zealand Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal is a long service award for full-time sworn officers and traffic officers of the

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who have completed 14 years of service.

Criteria

The New Zealand Police Long Service and Good Conduct Medal may be awarded for 14 years full-time service as a sworn officer the

for service on or after 1 January 1976. The medal may also be awarded to full-time Traffic Officers who have met the length of service criteria for service on or after 1 July 1992. Clasps may be awarded to the medal for seven additional years of qualifying service.

Appearance

The medal is circular, silver, and in diameter. On the

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is the crowned effigy of the Sovereign. The reverse bears a representation of

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, a

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, and sword resting on a cushion surrounded by an oak and fern frond wreath. This is surrounded by the inscription ''New Zealand Police—For Long Service and Good Conduct''. The medal is suspended from a crimson ribbon wide. In the centre is a narrow blue stripe bordered by stripes of white.

References

{{NZ Long & Meritorious Service Medals New Zealand Meritorious & Long Service Awards Law enforcement awards and honors Civil awards and decorations of New Zealand Awards established in 1976 Long and Meritorious Service Medals of Britain and the Commonwealth