"It's unfortunate we're losing some good people, but I'm pleased Jymahl has been promoted," Mr Davis said. "Constable James has been studying for a degree in psychology and will be putting that work to good use at the Department of Corrections."
Pahiatua husband and wife team, Karen and Tony Le Sueur have also indicated they are moving on, but Mr Davis said at this stage their new positions haven't been confirmed.
"Staff have the right to be happy and if that's working in the Tararu that's great, but working elsewhere is just as good too," he said.
Mr Davis said the Pahiatua police station was running 1.5 staff members over strength, while Dannevirke was over strength by one.
And there's been a good response to advertisements for replacement police officers to serve in the Tararua district, Mr Davis said.
"I don't think we're going to lose momentum because of staff movements and I'm pleased to have had phone calls already in response to our advertisement," he said. "Yes, we will be running under strength for a period of time, but we've certainly improved the way we do things and I'm excited at the prospect of building another team.
"My goal here is to have zero crime. Two weeks ago in the Tararua there were 13 offences reported and there have been times when that number has dropped to 11.
"We're dealing with less than one crime per officer a week and we're starting to see the fruits of our crime prevention policies. If we can get the reported crime down to 11 cases, then we can get it down to zero.
"It matters to me because I live in this town and I want that same emotional buy in from officers here and I'll want new members to live in the Tararua."
And residents throughout the district are going to be seeing their police force out on the streets, roads and highways more often as the result of a new initiative Mr Davis is instigating.
"This new operation will see all police out of the stations because there is no benefit or engagement with a police car parked at the back of the station," he said.
"Paperwork has been a big pressure point for police, but now, instead of typing up reports, they can use their smartphones to dictate information to staff in Palmerston North who will type them up and send the completed document to the officer's computer. With smart phones and iPads we now have the ability to do 90 per cent of our work from a car. Some police spend hundreds and thousands of hours on paperwork, but now it's time to get them out doing police work instead."
Mr Davis said he sees the benefit in having a police officer sitting monitoring traffic while dictating his work.
