The son of a hunting and fishing store owner, and an avid outdoorsman himself, Brad Dannefaerd worked with New Zealand Fisheries for nearly 20 years before retiring to found his own company. During his long and colorful career, he has worked alongside agencies in Australia, Canada and the United States, and literally written the book on defensive tactics and training for the New Zealand Ministry of Fisheries. Today, his company trains and equips everyone from law enforcement to librarians, teaching “people who deal with people” how to manage interactions safely and effectively.
Our Sponsors:
Wildlife Heritage Foundation of NH
International Wildlife Crimestoppers
Here’s what we discuss:
- One big international family
- An introduction to New Zealand
- The traditional haka
- All NZ agencies under one jurisdiction
- Type of offender has changed
- We had to get a lot smarter
- More authority than police
- Working with Customs agencies
- Building intelligence to make a larger case
- Targeting the high-level offender
- Only two licenses required
- Still able to enforce Fish & Game laws
- NZ police do not carry firearms
- Enforcement by consent
- Never lost a fisheries officer
- Different style of enforcement
- Bright blue uniforms
- Non-escalation vs. de-escalation
- Founding CERT (Compliance, Enforcement & Regulatory Training)
- NZ Police purchased CERT technical comms package
- Never met a game warden I didn’t like
- Game wardens are a tight knit community
- Developing contacts worldwide
Credits
Hosts: Wayne Saunders and John Nores
Producer: Jay Ammann
Content Coordinator: Stacey DesRoches
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