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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.
McSkimming is currently serving nine months’ home detention for possession of child sexual exploitation and bestiality material.
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.
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.
Chambers wrote to Mitchell, saying recent events “beg the question” of whether it was appropriate for McSkimming to retain the awards.
NZ Herald
