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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