Multicultural Liaison officer for the Greater Shepparton Police and Vice President of the Ethnic Council of Shepparton and District, Leigh Johnson (centre), was awarded the Police Annual Multicultural award at Government House by the Governor of Victoria, Her Excellency Professor the Honourable Margaret Gardner AC and the Chief Commissioner of Police, Mike Bush CNZM.
“Such a thrill to meet the chief commissioner, who’s also of Maori descent, and with a traditional Maori greeting, which I didn’t know he was going to do, but that was added to it. But at the end of the day, you might be the individual award winner, but you represent all those other people. Otherwise, you wouldn’t get the award without the Ethnic Council, United settlement hub, your leaders, your police colleagues, your managers who support what you do,” said Leigh.
