Constables Tom Anderson (left), Scott Mudgeway, Hayden Gibbons and Ethan Morta play a game of basketball with Wainuiomata kids. Photo/Facebook
A group of Lower Hutt police officers took a break from patrolling this afternoon to play a game of basketball with Wainuiomata teens.
"Constables saw youths playing basketball on the court next to the Wainuiomata League clubrooms and decided to stop and see how their day was going," said a
post on the Wellington District Police Facebook page.
"Pretty soon the challenge went up for a game and this was a perfect opportunity to engage with some of the community's local youth."
Many passing drivers tooted in support or stopped to cheer on the two groups, the post said.
"Sergeant Billy Slight said that some might see it as a game of basketball but you just can't measure the huge amount of community engagement it might have generated."
