PGG Wrightson Wool rep Stuart McNaughton was at David and Pam Nind’s Remarkables Farm, near Frankton in early July as they were shearing. Stuart was surprised to see a police vehicle outside the shed. Going inside he was more surprised to see a police officer. Surprise number three came when the constable picked up a handpiece and began shearing a ewe from the nearest pen!

Constable Blair Duffy of the Queenstown Police often works with shearing contractors and others in rural communities, and enjoys rolling up his sleeves to keep his hand in shearing when he has the opportunity.

PC Duffy’s story, along with a couple of photos of him in action with one of the Nind’s two-tooth ewes, went down well when it was posted on the PGG Wrightson Wool Facebook page, reaching over a quarter of a million people delighted to see the community-minded constable doing his thing on the boards.

Not so much PC gone mad as PC gone viral.

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