Despite fine, reparation and sentence police restrain all company’s assets...
A workplace accident and employee death in 2015 resulted in a costing a company nearly $400,000 in fines and reparations, and the company owner, who accepted responsibility, being sentenced to four...
View ArticlePolice managed the firearms buy back scheme well – Auditor-General
The Auditor-General has investigated the firearms buy-back and amnesty scheme that was put in place following the deaths of 51 people at the Christchurch mosque shootings, and says that the Police...
View ArticleStress of Covid quarantine leads to arrest
From Gezza: It appears that quarantine requirements are very strict, the conditions of those under enforced quarantine more rudimentary than generally realised, & that the services & help...
View ArticleGreens want to limit use of armed patrols by Police
Green MPs and the Green Party were quick to pivot from support of the George Floyd/Black Lives Matter protests in the US to use of firearms by police in New Zealand. They have refined this to a...
View ArticleUS Attorney General: Divide Between African Americans, Police ‘Must Change’
A shift to attempting to address the unrest in the US precipitated by the killing of George Floyd, and acknowledging problems with the US police forces and black Americans in particular. RCP – Barr:...
View ArticleNew Police Commissioner rules out Armed Response Teams
The Police trial using Armed response Teams was controversial. The new Police Commissioner Andrew Coster has announced ARTs “will not be part of the New Zealand policing model in the future”. NZ...
View ArticleArrest and murder charge following killing of police officer
Yesterday morning in Massey, Auckland a police officer was shot and killed and another was shot and wounded after what was described as a routine traffic stop. A member of the public was also wounded...
View ArticleGovernment want police at isolation facilities, but Association unhappy
Minister in charge of Covid isolation facilities Megan Woods announced today there would be a permanent police presence at all isolation and quarantine facilities, but the Police Association says it is...
View ArticleIs people leaving isolation a big deal?
Obviously if someone in isolation breaks the rules and gets out, and if they have the Covid-19 virus, it’s a fairly big deal. One person who got out this week and visited a supermarket put potentially...
View ArticleResearch NZ – low confidence and trust in politicians
Members of Parliament and local council members are the least trusted of a range of professions and groups, and journalists are virtually the same. Research NZ asked the general public to rate their...
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