The New Zealand Police Four Year Plan outlines Police’s strategic intentions for the years 2015-2019. This includes Police’s challenges, vision, mission, objectives, model and successes.

The following schematic is a generalised representation of how operational information is collected over the course of Police’s response to a report of a crime or incident. It shows that the process of recording information is dynamic. The information that Police has about any particular event changes over time as inquiries progress and decisions on cases are made. 

The Treasury has released the annual benchmarking report for public sector agencies – the Benchmarking of Administrative & Support Services Report (BASS), for the Financial Year 2013/14. The report provides information on the cost, efficiency, and effectiveness of Administrative and Support services across the public sector, with a goal of supporting and freeing up resources for front line public services.

The report covers five functions: