Chris Baillie Former Policeman ACT Police spokesperson ACT will ensure there are always enough Police on the beat instead of recruitment being a political football. For too long, Police have been subject to a political auction as major parties bid for new money in the lead up to elections. Policing
Nicole McKee ACT Justice spokesperson ACT will introduce a new policy of Gang Injunction Orders to crack down on gang members and minimise the risk posed to the public. Under Labour, gang numbers have exploded, ACT has a plan to take back control. Gang Injunction Orders would allow the Police
Toni Severin ACT Corrections spokesperson ACT would abolish the prisoner reduction target, make rehabilitation compulsory to be eligible for parole and keep our successful the Three Strikes Law. We need to be smart, not ideological when it comes to crime. Corrections number one goal should be to keep New Zealanders
National is calling on the Government to take serious action to give better support to frontline Police Officers who are facing significantly increased violence, emboldened gangs, and rising gun crime, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “The Police Commission and the Minister of Police have both rightly expressed concern
Darroch Ball Co-Leader/Spokesperson Sensible Sentencing Trust The latest violent attack on a police constable in West Auckland is more evidence that there need to be harsher sentences brought in for assaults on our frontline officers, says Darroch Ball co-leader of Sensible Sentencing Trust. “A constable has been
National has written to the Auditor General requesting an investigation into two separate Government Mongrel Mob-related funding; the $2.75 million payment to lifetime Mongrel-Mob Member Harry Tam for a drug rehabilitation programme and the Chief Human Rights Commissioners $200 donation to the Waikato Mongrel Mob. “It has
Judith Collins Leader Under Labour, New Zealand is less safe as gang numbers explode. Gangs are becoming more powerful, while the Government focuses on making apologies for criminals rather than arresting them. You can read more here. On a weekly basis, we learn of increased gang-related gun crime, shootings
policeassn.org.nz The Police Association totally rejects the payment of nearly $3 million to a Mongrel Mob-led methamphetamine addiction programme – a scheme that has riled a growing number of police officers, particularly those involved in organised crime investigations. Association President Chris Cahill has been contacted by officers asking
Darroch Ball Co-Leader Sensible Sentencing Trust. Over recent months there has been a massive increase in police shootings, gang violence, and innocent members of the public being caught in danger caused by gangs. Every week we are writing to you, posting on social media, and putting out press releases
Few historical crimes have had such enduring fascination as the Ripper murders. The mutilation-killings of five lower-class women in London’s Whitechapel slums in 1888 caused an immediate sensation – one which has barely faded after 133 years. “Jack the Ripper” is the subject of dozens of films and
Leader of the Opposition Judith Collins says the Government’s approach to law and order is appalling, as she releases National’s third billboard as part of its ‘Demand the Debate’ campaign. “The Government backing the Mongrel Mob to rehabilitate people on meth over proven organisations with no gang affiliation
I travelled into Wellington from the Hutt Valley on the train today. The view along the water was delightful. The passengers provided an eclectic mix of people and races – roughly 50% Europeans and 50% Asians – mostly heading into the capital for work. At the station, I took a taxi to
Police officers have aptly labelled the funding of a rehabilitation programme run by the Mongrel Mob as a successful money laundering scheme and National agrees, National’s Police spokesperson Simeon Brown says. “There is clearly outrage and anger amongst police officers who feel giving taxpayer money to an organised criminal
Paul Haskell-Dowland Andrew Woodward Edith Cowan University Associate Professor Paul Haskell-Dowland is the Associate Dean for Computing and Security in the School of Science at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia. Professor Andrew Woodward is the Executive Dean of the School of Science, which includes the two major discipline
Neville Dodd President president@sportingshooters.nz A police officer is shot in Ngaruawhaia and in a media release commenting on that the Police Minister has said “Cabinet was “working on the process” of getting a gun register in place to stop these weapons getting into the wrong hands, Williams said.
