It is no wonder the Government’s media release about the latest New Zealand Crime and Victimisation Survey led with a small decrease in burglaries as this is where the good news stops, Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says. “Behind the celebratory headline the data that fits with what
The National Party won’t sit idly by while the violence in our prisons and the number of assaults on corrections officers continues to increase, National’s Corrections spokesperson Simeon Brown says. National has today launched a five point plan to help reduce the violence experienced in our prisons. “Under
Documents released to National show that Police decided to place 160 new police officers in MIQ facilities ignoring requests from leadership within Police to place them in Serious and Organised Crime roles, National’s spokesperson for Police Simeon Brown says. “The Government promised New Zealanders they would fill 700 positions
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust A petition has been presented at parliament demanding an end to a court’s ability to amend and censor Victim Impact Statements. “Victim Impact Statements should give an ability for victims to speak about the considerable damage the offender’s crimes have caused,
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The increase in the frequency of firearms being pointed at police should be ringing alarm bells for the government to make a move on arming police before it’s too late, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “A person has allegedly
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Neville Dodd, President Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand Inc. The Sporting Shooters Association of New Zealand congratulates NZ Police on its success in concluding the New Zealand end of Operation Trojan Shield, which saw the arrest of 35 people involved in the illegal drug trade and the seizure of
David Tuffley Griffith University Dr. David Tuffley is a Senior Lecturer in Applied Ethics & CyberSecurity at Griffith University in Australia. David’s expertise is in the ethics of technology, in particular Artificial Intelligence, and managing data breaches in the cybersecurity domain. Australian and US law enforcement officials on Tuesday
Darroch Ball Sensible Sentencing Trust. Only lefty gang apologists would be surprised by the latest massive bust of drugs, guns, money, and gang members across New Zealand. In fact, in a hilarious move, the explanation coming from the Waikato Mongrel Mob public relations spokesperson for all of these arrests is
The Government still hasn’t delivered any legislation to give police new powers to place Firearm Prohibition Orders against dangerous gang members, despite promising New Zealanders it would do so, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. Police Minister Poto Williams promised last month it would introduce legislation similar to
Chris Baillie ACT Police spokesperson It’s no wonder organised crime is running amok with new data showing the gangs are recruiting faster than Police. The number of gang members on the National Gang List has exploded since Labour took office, with 2,663 more people on the list since
Nicole McKee ACT’s Justice spokesperson Thank goodness the FBI is cracking down on New Zealand gangs since our Government has gone soft on them. It took a major international operation to lead to 25 arrests and 900 charges. Operation Trojan Shield was led by the FBI and co-ordinated with
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust A parliamentary petition has been started gaining support to stop courts from using home detention or sentence discounts for serious and violent offences against children. “New Zealand’s justice system has completely lost its compass now seeing regular cases of serious child abuse
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Bryce C. Newell University of Oregon Bryce C. Newell, PhD, JD, is an Assistant Professor of Media Law and Policy in the School of Journalism and Communication at the University of Oregon. In the course of their work, police officers encounter people who are intoxicated, distressed, injured or abused. The
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