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  "description": "Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers urged the minister to “use his discretion” to cancel and annul the awards.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-05-04T18:30:39.000Z",
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  "textContent": "> Disgraced former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming’s “Long Service and Good Conduct” medal and subsequent clasps were destroyed following a strongly worded letter from Commissioner of Police Richard Chambers.\n>\n> McSkimming is currently serving nine months’ home detention for possession of child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.\n>\n> In a letter to Police Minister Mark Mitchell on November 10 last year – released to Newstalk ZB under the Official Information Act – Chambers urged the minister to “use his discretion” to cancel and annul the awards.\n>\n> McSkimming was awarded a Long Service and Good Conduct medal in July 2010 and received 21-year and 28-year clasps following service anniversaries in 2017 and 2024.\n>\n> Chambers wrote to Mitchell, saying recent events “beg the question” of whether it was appropriate for McSkimming to retain the awards.\n>\n> NZ Herald\n\nRead More",
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