Sue Burridge

Senior Constable Sue Burridge joined the New Zealand Police in 2000.

Sue’s first role was in Wairoa, a large rural area with a very small police station. In 2002, Sue completed the Diplomatic Protection Squad qualifying course and transferred to Wellington, where she worked with a variety of international guests of the New Zealand Government.

In 2005, Sue began her training to become a dog handler. She graduated with her first operational frontline dog, Demon, in 2006. She then joined the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS) in 2008 after completing the AOS and AOS Dog qualification courses. She spent four years on the squad before Demon retired in 2011.

After Demon retired Sue picked up another dog, Hades and spent some time with Search and Rescue. She currently works out of the Wellington Dog Section as a General Purpose Dog Handler, and she is still partnered with Hades.

Outside of her job at Police, Sue has written a children’s book and is currently working on a sequel. She also participates in Army circuit training at Trentham Army Camp as well as taking Hades for regular runs.