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3 unusual facts about Diplomatic Protection Squad


Diplomatic Protection Squad

2000 - Prime Minister Helen Clark criticised the DPS handling of a state visit by Chinese President Jiang Zemin the previous year - the DPS sought to minimise the president's exposure to protesters and save the government any embarrassment, which Clark rebuked by saying it was not in the spirit of democracy.

September 2001 - Following the September 11 attacks, members of the DPS, Armed Offenders Squad and the Special Tactics Group were involved in operations for two months at the Embassy of the United States in Wellington.

The squad is based in the capital Wellington, where the majority of foreign diplomatic missions are.



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