Team Hot Fuzz force for good

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''Team Hot Fuzz'' had a close shave for a good cause in Dunedin yesterday.

A team of seven police staff called ''Team Hot Fuzz'' had their heads shaved at the Meridian mall to fundraise for Relay For Life, a global movement which celebrates cancer survivorship and raises money for the Cancer Society. Police building and fleet manager (Dunedin) Debbie Hill (43) said she would get a ribbon tattooed on her arm to raise funds, instead of having her head shaved.

''I don't want to lose my hair again.''

Her hair fell out when she battled breast cancer three years ago. The hardest thing about cancer was having to tell your family, Mrs Hill said.

Her daughter, Jordan Hill (21), a hairdresser, shaved the heads of ''Team Hot Fuzz'' at the event.

''It makes me proud she is supporting me and something that could affect her.''

Miss Hill said she had tests 18 months ago that revealed she had the same genetic predisposition for cancer as her mother.

''It was scary, but it is better to know.''

Senior Constable Helen Fincham-Putter (45), of Middlemarch, said she had raised $1100 to have her long hair shaved off yesterday.

Before the clip, Snr Const Fincham-Putter she had not worried about the thought of having a shaved head.

''It's only hair. I'm more worried about getting a sunburnt neck.''

But when she walked to the chair she had a final thought.

''What if my ears stick out?''

After the clip, her team-mates agreed she suited the short cut.

However, Tamara Meads (30) did not have such kind words about what the shave revealed on her partner, Constable Matt Davidson (26), of Dunedin.

''That's not a forehead, that's a fivehead,'' she heckled.

shawn.mcavinue@odt.co.nz