About Sandra Manderson
Sandra Manderson was a New Zealand police officer.
Sandra Joy Manderson is a retired police officer and police commander from New Zealand. She was the first woman in the New Zealand Police to achieve the rank of Superintendent, the first woman District Commander and the first woman to serve as a New Zealand Police International Liaison Officer. She progressed through uniformed and CIB roles and in 1993 was appointed the first director of the Crime Prevention Unit at the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet in Wellington. She then held positions in Wellington District as a shift commander, and at Police National Headquarters. In 1999 she was promoted to superintendent in the role of National Manager Organisational Performance.
Recognition In the 1993 Queen's Birthday Honours, Manderson was awarded the Queen's Service Medal for public services. In 2015 she received an honorary Doctor of Laws from the University of Canterbury.
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police commander from New Zealand
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Sources & further reading
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