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Executive summary of Assurance report on women in senior management roles

Date Published: 
July 2014

This report summarises the findings of an internal Police assurance review, which examines Police's approach to ensuring equal opportunity for gaining promotion, focussing particularly on women’s promotion to senior management and gateway roles.  The assurance review’s overall objective was to identify what is working well, and opportunities for improving the rate of change in representation of women in senior roles. 

The key fieldwork activities upon which the summary is based took place between June and October 2012.  It involved a desktop review of key documents, analysis of employment data, and benchmarking discussions with comparator agencies. It also draws on interviews in five Police Districts and one non-District location; in-depth interviews with women constabulary and general Police employees; and a wider survey of more than 2100 Police staff.

Police’s response to the September 2013 findings of the assurance review are provided as an update to the report, as at July 2014.

New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring report 2013

Date Published: 
July 2014

The latest New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring Programme Report (NZ-ADUM) has found that 41 % of people detained by police had been drinking prior to their arrest.

The NZ-ADUM study is an annual Massey University study that has been funded by Police since 2010. During the 2013 study 848 detainees were interviewed and 201 urine samples were taken at four police watch houses between April 2013 and July 2013. The study compares the 2013 findings with previous research from 2010, 2011 and 2012 to establish trends.

The survey participants were interviewed at Whangārei, Auckland Central, Wellington Central and Christchurch Central watch houses. Participation is optional and all information provided remains confidential.

Statements of cases to renew designated terrorist entities July 2014

Date Published: 
July 2014

The risk of a terrorist attack in New Zealand is low, but Government are determined that New Zealand and New Zealanders be neither the target nor source of terrorist activities.

The designation of terrorist entities is one measure New Zealand takes to contribute to the international campaign against terrorism. The Terrorism Suppression Act 2002 (TSA) provides for a list of terrrorist entities to be established and maintained in New Zealand. Police are responsible for coordinating requests to the Prime Minister for designation as a terrorist entity. 

The following documents detail designations that were renewed as terrorist entities on 20 July 2014.

New Zealand Police Workplace Survey results 2014

Date Published: 
June 2014

Over the past few years the NZ Police Workplace Survey has helped provide valuable insight into the climate of our organisation. It has provided a focus for discussion around the perceptions and opinions of staff across a range of areas and issues.

As an organisation, level of engagement has become an important performance measure, which is being tracked along with things like prevention and crime reduction, focus on victims and contribution to Justice Sector performance.

These are the results of the 2014 NZ Police Workplace Survey, first given as the overall results, and then broken down by groups and districts.

The organisational headline results were released April 2014. That release can be viewed at: 2014 Workplace Survey - Police celebrate positive gains.