“The ability of the Police to perform their duties is dependent upon public approval of police actions.” Policing by Consent is in meltdown. The Peelian Principle #2 detailed above from Sir Robert Peel is a core factor in how we used to police New Zealand. If you don’t believe
The Trump administration ends President Obama’s moratorium on federal death penalty executions, despite concerns about racial disparities on death row. While the move changes the method of lethal injection to reduce pain — following the Texas model — the risk of executing an innocent person remains. What’s the role of
Information Humour If our media are to be believed a certain group of people (formerly referred to as boy racers) are in fact, peaceful and respected Pillars of society known as “car enthusiasts.” A recent TV One news story told a dramatic tale of woe where our heroes from “the
Isn’t it funny how the Legacy Media change their descriptors depending on how they wish to control the narrative? Wellington car enthusiasts‘ turnout dwindles after road roller incident TVNZ Not long ago TVNZ would have been touting this road roller incident as a failure of National party policies and
I love the New Zealand police I really do and I have great respect for them as a whole. However, there have been a few bungles of note lately that have revealed that not everything is shipshape and Bristol fashion in cop world. Police are condemning the release of footage
National party In a move that contradicts the government’s “wellbeing” approach, mental health nurses have been axed from Counties Manukau Police Station. The ‘watch-house nurse pilot initiative’ was launched in 2008. It placed mental health nurses in the Counties Manukau police watch house. Following its success, the pilot became
If transgenderism were only about slightly eccentric blokes wanting to dress up as women – what in a more enlightened age was called transvestism – or the odd troubled soul convinced that they’re mentally the opposite sex, born into the “wrong” body (transsexualism), hardly anyone would care. But transgenderism, an altogether
Your daddy ain’t your daddy, but your daddy don’t know – Lord Melody A Sydney man, whose name has been withheld, spat at and abused jurors as “pigs” and “dogs” after they found him guilty of murdering his nephew in an “honour killing”. Cousin marriage, arranged marriage, honour killing
As another round of terror raids in Sydney unfolded recently, a depressingly familiar refrain emerged: “Radicalised in prison”. The central conceit of the modern criminal justice system is that prison should be all about rehabilitation rather than punishment. Similarly, we are told that our response to growing Islamic extremism ought
In Edgar Allen Poe’s classic gothic tale, The Tell-Tale Heart, a mysterious heart-beat drives a murderer to confess to his crime. In a recent case in Missouri, it was a tell-tale fart that gave away a fugitive’s hiding place. Law enforcement were hunting down a fugitive wanted for
This blog is justly renowned for its well-run comments section. A clear set of rules and a team of hard-nosed moderators has made our comments an uncommonly civil space in an ever-more vicious social media sphere. Which is probably just as well. If an Australian judge’s ruling is allowed
Denis Prager gives some thoughts on the latest mass shooting. This past weekend, Americans learned of another mass shooting, this time by an employee who decided to murder as many of the people he had worked with for years as possible. As of this writing, the murder toll is 12
Newstalk ZB recording starts at 0.40 – Mike Hosking comments: Let me just precis this for you. So, this bloke who’s been stood down – here’s what Mallard said: Quote. “We are talking about serious sexual assault.” End of quote. Trevor Mallard Well, that for me – that’s rape,
Take equal parts “tolerance, respect and understanding”, throw in a bit of “illumination” and voila! You have created the left’s updated version of Fawlty Towers ‘Don’t mention the war’ episode. Last week the luvvies have been conflicted, severely, and, not knowing what to do in fear of breaching
