He moved to North Otago last month to join the police’s public safety team.
Const Fletcher said he wanted to hold people to account, and help reduce domestic violence and drug use.
He also wanted to continue helping with prevention and intervention programmes, to increase the trust and rapport between community and police.
After graduating from police college in 2022 he was stationed in Queenstown.
Although it sounded like a dream, the majority of work in Queenstown was preventive. It mostly consisted of walking around the town with people and holiday-makers or dealing with traffic complaints.
After 15 months his rotation changed and he was sent to Queenstown airport.
"I felt being contained in the airport was a waste of my talent," he said.
Const Fletcher had grown up in Christchurch and his family was still based there.
Being in Oamaru meant it was a three-hour drive there instead of six hours from Queenstown.
Although he had driven through Oamaru before he had never even stopped in the town.
He was looking forward to doing the typical "touristy stuff".
The self-confessed "outdoor activist" was a passionate figure-skater. When there was no ice, he traded the skates for hiking boots and enjoyed tramping.
He said the biggest challenges he faced was the demands of the job and adjusting to the change of pace in Oamaru.
"I’m in a different community so I need to change and adapt to suit the community here"
He was looking forward to developing his career in North Otago.
