Our very own Keystone Cops have struck again, taking the diversity mantra one step too far by recruiting the daughter of a senior Hells Angels gang member.
The young woman declared the family ties to her father – it is believed she claimed to be estranged from him – during the application process and was accepted into the 16-week programme this year.
She was well-regarded in her time at Police College but was stood down from her training wing shortly before her peers graduated this year, after further vetting checks were made about her relationship with her father.
[…] Police bosses have declined to comment, citing privacy concerns.
But given the family relationship to a Hells Angel member, Herald sources said those vetting checks which led to the suspension should have been made before she was offered a position in Police College.[…]
newstalkzb.co.nz/news/crime/daughter-of-hells-angel-recruited-into-police-college-is-now-subject-of-employment-investigation
If the police don’t have good enough processes in place to prevent the daughter of a known gang member from being recruited into the police force, then how can we trust them to run a National Firearms Register?