Statement of Intent 2003/2004 - New Zealand Police

New Zealand Police Statement of Intent 2003/2004

Presented to the House of Representatives pursuant to section 34A of the Public Finance Act 1989.
ISSN 1176-2497
May 2003


Foreword

Making New Zealand a safer place to live is the key aim of government and Police as described in this Statement of Intent.

The government has made substantial improvements in the justice sector over the past three years and is placing greater emphasis upon community safety. Recent legislation has improved the rights of victims and increased opportunities to be involved in the justice system. In particular, government has supported Police in focusing resources on reducing burglary and making the roads safer.

Together, our future commitment is to build on the progress already made and further improve the safety of New Zealanders by ensuring justice sector agencies work more cohesively.

Key work includes:

  • ensuring communities are adequately protected from crime through a wholeof- government response that fits within the framework of the Crime Reduction Strategy. This means a strong focus on stopping increases in violence, burglary, vehicle crime and organised crime; and
  • improving the safety of New Zealanders through making the roads safer and addressing national security concerns.

The following document outlines the medium-term outcomes sought and the strategies put in place by the government and Police to facilitate this. It also sets out the advice and services the Commissioner of Police has agreed to deliver to enable the achievement of these outcomes.

The work of Police, together with the support of government, partner agencies, local government and the many non-government and volunteer organisations - will achieve:

Safer Communities Together - Te Whakarurutanga


Hon George Hawkins
Minister of Police

R J Robinson
Commissioner of Police

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Overview

The Statement of Intent is divided into three parts:

  • Part One covers the policing context. It describes Government's key goals, justice sector outcomes, the Crime Reduction Strategy, the Police Strategic Plan to 2006 and other key strategies that influence policing services.

    The most important information in Part One are the explanations of how the various activities and services of Police contribute to the outcomes sought by Government.

  • Part Two describes the outputs that will be delivered within the Government's financial appropriation of Vote Police. It provides a Statement of Service Performance that meets the requirements of the Public Finance Act 1989.

  • Part Three describes the Equal Employment Opportunities Plan for 2003/2004.

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