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Cactus course sharpens young minds
Sergeant Shane McNally has been at the pointy end of proactive policing for the past 12 years. Next week Sgt McNally will kick off the 20th Cactus Programme to be held in Taupō. He has been involved in every one of them and has seen about 530 young people pass through it in that time.