Statement of Intent 2006/2007 - New Zealand Police

New Zealand Police Statement of Intent 2006/2007


Foreword

Key focus areas for the Government over the next three years are:

  • economic transformation
  • families, young and old
  • a focus on strengthening our national identity - doing it the New Zealand way.

The Government Policing vision is a for a world class, modern Police service that works with communities to ensure Safer Communities through prevention and reassurance, effective interventions, and a fair, credible and effective justice system.

Priorities for Police include a `whole of policing' approach, policy and legislative solutions that drive action, delivery of professional and accessible Police services, managing organisational growth, and ensuring fiscal responsibility.

`Whole of policing' will promote a co-ordinated and cooperative national approach that focuses on achieving outcomes.

Delivery of Police services must drive an increase in public satisfaction and trust and confidence, and be open to the identification and mitigation of risk. Good internal morale is critical to success.

Police capability will be enhanced by the development of a strong policy team, collaboration with other departments and sound evidence-based decision making. There are great things happening in Police. We must identify best practice and ensure we share experience.

Police take pride in the results that have been achieved over recent years, and we acknowledge the past in moving forward. With the commitment by Government to increase Police numbers, we have an opportunity to make a difference in communities with most need. There wil be a renewed emphasis on community policing and delivery of services at the front-line. There is also an increase in demand for our Police to contribute to international policing operations. This world class service is the envy of many. Our commitment and professional contribution to policing is something that we can be proud of.

Specific priorities for 2006/200 include:

  • gearing up to recruit, train and deploy the first tranche of the 1,000 additional sworn staff and 250 non-sworn staff who will join the organisation in the next three years. This will give the organisation enhanced capacity and capability to reinforce front-line response, investigative services, to invest more heavily in preventative strategies and to provide further community reassurance on crime and crash reduction and public safety.

  • continuing to implement improvements to the communications centres and to advance the project to demonstrate that a single non-emergency number is viable for the future.

  • completing and implementing an organised crime strategy, with districts continuing to focus strongly on ways to curb burglary, motor vehicle-related crime, and violent crime in both private and public places. the future of policing in New Zealand will be focused on utilising the best aspects of existing models into an integrated policing strategy. Community policing is a vital component of the development of this model that will take a holistic problem-solving approach. Police will listen to the community and develop ways of making policing more visible, accessible and familiar to the public.

  • putting in place procedures that will enable the courts to consider releasing some defendants on pre-trial bail with electronic monitoring. This is to be targeted at defendants who are initially remanded in custody and it will assist in addressing the increasing demand being placed on prison capacity.

  • a "principles-based" approach to the rewriting of the Police Act 1958 has begun and the 2006/200 year will see considerable effort put into consulting widely on the ingredients of a new Bill leading to an Act that will be fit for the purpose of policing New Zealand in the 21st century.

  • responding to the findings and recommendations of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct will figure strongly in the coming year. The integrity of Police and public trust and confidence in Police remain paramount to both the Government and the New Zealand Police and action will be taken to give the public the confidence they seek in their police.

Hon Annette King
Minister of Police

Howard Broad
Commissioner of Police

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Table of contents

Foreword
Police Vision and Mission
Purpose
Part 1 - Strategic Context
Government Vision
Overview of the Justice Sector
Police Alignment with Government Goals and Justice Sector Outcomes
Justice Sector Outcome: Safer Communities
Justice Sector Outcome: A Fairer, More Credible and More Effective JusticeSystem
Police Performance Framework
Contributing to StateSectorGoals
Management of Risks within Police
Environmental and Economic Factors Impactingon the Justice Sector
Particular Challenges for the Justice Sector
Police Intermediate Outcomes and Key Interventions for 2006/2007
Part 2 - Financial Forecast Statements and Output Expenses
Statement of Responsibility
Forecast Financial Statements
Statement of Accounting Policies
Introduction - Output Expenses
1. Policy Advice and Ministerial Servicing
2. General Crime PreventionServices
3. Specific Crime Prevention Services and Maintenance of Public Order
4. Police Primary Response Management
5. Investigations
6. Case Resolution and Support to Judicial Process
7. Road Safety Programme
Part 3 - Equal Employment Opportunities Plan

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