In response to the recommendations from the second monitoring report of the OAG and the third monitoring report of SSC, Police held a high-level workshop in March to identify key themes for Police to focus on in order to ensure the 'intention' of the COI and the subsequent SSC and OAG reports are achieved.
New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NZ-ADAM) is a programme which seeks to measure drug and alcohol use among people who have recently been apprehended by police.
NZ Police obtained funding for a one-year initial pilot of NZ-ADAM at four sites (Whangarei, Henderson, Hamilton and Dunedin) to be followed by a three-year extension should the pilot prove to be successful and useful. Health Outcomes International (HOI) was contracted by NZ Police to conduct the pilot.
New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (NZ-ADAM) is a programme which seeks to measure drug and alcohol use among people who have recently been apprehended by police.
The programme operates at four sites (Whangarei, Henderson, Hamilton and Dunedin), and is conducted by Health Outcomes International (HOI) under contract to NZ Police.
The aim of the New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring (NZ‐ADUM) to measure the level of alcohol and drug use by police detainees and investigate the role alcohol and drug use plays in criminal offending.
NZADUM also monitors trends in drug use and drug markets; documents alcohol and drug related harm; measures the demand for alcohol and drug treatment among detainees; and seeks to identify underlying drivers of drug use and offending among detainees.
The aim of the New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring (NZ‐ADUM) is to monitor trends in alcohol and drug use among police detainees and investigate the role alcohol and drug use plays in criminal offending. The 2011 NZ‐ADUM interviewed 828 police detainees at Whangarei, Auckland Central, Wellington Central and Christchurch Central police watch houses about their drug use and criminal offending.
Annual reviews of the change management process were established to give effect to recommendation 37 and 59 of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct (COI). Recommendations 37 and 59 direct Police to work with the State Services Commission on various aspects of COI implementation. The first four reviews where conducted by or on behalf of the State Services Commission. In 2011/2012 the State Service Commission and Police agreed to change this process, establishing baseline measures and 2017 targets, against which Police would assess its own progress.
This review has been undertaken for New Zealand Police. Its purpose is to provide an overview of the international academic research and best practice literature on family violence risk assessment from about the last ten years, in order to inform improvements that the New Zealand Police may wish to make to its own family violence risk assessment processes.
The Watch-house Nurse (WHN) initiative began operating at the Christchurch Central and Counties Manukau Police station watch-houses on 1 July 2008 and 1 August 2008 respectively. The initiative is intended to run as a pilot project until 30 June 2010. The initiative places appropriately qualified nurses within these two watch-houses to assist the Police to better manage the risks of those in their custody who have mental health, alcohol or other drug (AOD) problems. Where appropriate, the nurses also make referrals for detainees to treatment providers.
The Community Justice Panel (CJP) pilot is one of three Alternative Resolutions, Policing Excellence initiatives which allow NZ Police more graduated responses to low-level offending without the need to rely on the courts. The CJP initiative began as a grassroots partnership between Community Law Canterbury and Police in Christchurch, and has developed over time to include other government and community agencies as well as community representatives.
Police have signed a letter of agreement which outlines an inter-agency response for victims of forced marriage in New Zealand.
The signatories to the Letter of Agreement (LoA) with Police are: Child, Youth and Family, Work and Income and Family and Community Services (service lines of Ministry of Social Development), Ministry of Education and Immigration New Zealand.
