A recent NielsenIQ-run biennial Police Association Member Survey of close to 6,000 constabulary members has revealed that 73 percent of them now believe they should be generally armed. That decision however is not in their hands. Commissioner Andrew Coster concedes the escalation in gun-related incidents is “worrying” and “unnerving”
Sir Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com I never imagined I would be in favour of arming the Police but when situations change, so too must one’s opinion. We’re told a significant majority of police officers are in favour of being armed, hardly surprising given a quarter of the force
Family First familyfirst.org.nz This is how ‘hate speech’ laws look in the UK, just a complaint – even a false one – can lead to significant persecution. No doubt similar events – leading to false arrests – will happen in New Zealand if the proposed Hate Speech laws come into force. “Miss
New Police statistics show the Auckland CBD is becoming more dangerous, with a sharp rise in serious assaults and gang violence – while the Government fails to keep up with the challenges frontline Police face, says National Party Police spokesperson Simeon Brown. “Serious assaults have more than doubled across New Zealand
The Government must reverse its opposition to creating a new offence to apply to people who throw ‘coward punches’, says National’s Maureen Pugh. National’s Crimes (Coward Punch Causing Death) Amendment Bill would create a new offence of Assault Causing Death and would apply to those who throw cowardly
Darroch Ball Co-leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. There are very few people who have either the resources or the courage to take a stand against the deep-seated injustices that too often occur throughout our justice system. It doesn’t happen often, but every now and again someone takes a stand to
Eliora New Zealand clinicians are not removing testes, making men watch pictures of men, giving electric shocks to their penis or brain, telling a man he is mentally defective, ostracising, or hating men if they are homosexual. No one is tied up and thrown off a high building, at least
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust “A home detention sentence for one of Fau Vake’s attackers highlights how ineffective and soft our system has become; all four of those charged should face prison time and be properly held to account for their actions,” says Darroch Ball co-leader of
The costs of damages from the six-day riot at Waikeria Prison continue to mount, while Corrections Minister Kelvin Davis remains missing in action, says Simeon Brown National Party Spokesperson for Corrections. “The settlement value arising out of the insurance claim for the damage causes sits at nearly $24 million. This
Hon Judith Collins judithcollins.national.org.nz Law and Order We’re working hard to hold the Government to account and ensure New Zealand remains a safe place to live, work and raise a family. To National, that means making sure victims are at the heart of our justice system,
8th August 2021 Two Myanmar nationals were arrested in New York and charged with the attempted murder of Kyaw Moe Tun, Myanmar’s ambassador to the UN, who has refused to support the Junta. If the military were involved, then its clumsy execution was typical of the Tatmadaw’s organisation.
It is an inconvenient fact that not only has the gun buyback from licenced law-abiding gun owners not made New Zealand safer, but the number of shootings in New Zealand since then has increased from maybe once a year (if that) to monthly if not weekly shootings being reported in
Jacinda Ardern has made much of the support of local police in the Hawkes Bay for her personal approval of $2.75 million to a Mongrel Mob affiliated organisation run by 47 year Mob veteran Harry Tam. She repeats the line often, especially in Parliament, that local police were in
It is very disappointing to see Labour vote against a Bill that would make work easier for Police Officers in New Zealand as they endeavour to track down stolen goods, National’s MP for Port Waikato Andrew Bayly says. “Following discussion with police, I proposed a Bill to allow police
Michael Cook mercatornet.com Michael Cook is the editor of MercatorNet Foreign observers might have the impression that it is always open season for euthanasia in the Netherlands. Not so. While the guidelines are elastic and subject to interpretation, they do exist and people violating them risk prosecution. A recent
In news that should surprise absolutely no one, at least four of a chorus of gay men singing “We’re coming for your children” appear to be convicted sex offenders. Imagine. My. Shock. I mean, it’s not like Drag Queen Story Hour or even Reddit have been found to
