This fact sheet summarises key enforcement findings from the first nine months of the bylaw prohibiting the wearing of gang insignia in Whanganui, and the views of Whanganui Police about the impact of the bylaw.
This review was commissioned in late July 2003 by the Deputy Commissioner Operations. DC Long sought an authoritative study to assess the quality and adequacy of current pursuits policy and practice in the wake of considerable media and public concern over two pursuits in 2003 that ended with three fatalities. These deaths occurred in a short space of time, and contrasted with just six pursuit related deaths in the previous seven years.
This public consultation paper answers questions surrounding the scope, principles and criteria for cost recovery for certain Police services. It details how to make a submission, what happens to your submission if you make one, how the Privacy Act applies and the benefits and potential issues from introducing cost recovery for certain Police services.
Four social responsibility education programmes for schools from the Police Youth Education Service (YES). They are designed to help young people behave responsibly and obey the law. They learn about policing and ways that they can help prevent crime. These are:
The school road safety programmes from the Police School Community Service (SCS) provide young people with appropriate road safety skills and practices at all levels of their schooling.
Other resources to go with these programmes can be got from the Police Education Officer at your local police station.
Choice is a drug education programme for Years 5-8 from the Police School Community Service (SCS). It helps young people to make responsible choices and decisions about the use of drugs and gives them the skills to implement these. It is delivered in a partnership between a teacher and a Police School Community Officer.
Reducing the Harm is designed to help secondary schools minimise the harm from illicit drug use. It consists of a seven-step action plan and includes material for teachers, parents and caregivers and students.
Teaching resources to accompany these programmes are available for download and videos for can be obtained from your local Police School Community Officer.
Tēnā Kōwhiria is the Te Reo Māori version of Choice. Teaching resources can be obtained from your local Police School Community Officer.
Kia Kaha is a programme from the Police School Community Service (SCS) that aims to help schools create environments where all members of the community feel safe, respected and valued, and where bullying cannot flourish.
Material has been prepared for students to work through in the classroom, for teachers to use to create environments where bullying won't flourish and for parents and caregivers to use to help their children develop positive social interactions.
Resources are broken down into school year groups. These are:
On 22 June 2007, the Amendment came into force. Following the commencement, Police agreed to undertake a three month review (23 June to 28 September 2007) of the impact of the Amendment on Police activity. A summary of the three month review findings was released on 20 December 2007.
The current review period of 29 September 2007 to 4 April 2008 has shown a slight increase in the total volume of 'child assault' events Police have attended: (288), compared with the initial three month review period (111). This is to be expected due to the current review period being six months in comparison to the initial three month review period.
This review found there was very minor impact on Police activity over this period, and there were three "smacking" events and 12 "minor acts of physical discipline" events, all of these were determined to be inconsequential and therefore not in the public interest to prosecute, as per the Commissioner's Circular: 2007/03, Crimes (Substituted section 59) Amendment Act 2007 (Commissioner's Circular).
Police noted that six monthly reviews, leading up to the two year review, would serve as an effective risk management tool and enable Police to proactively respond to issues that may arise. This review is the second of four reviews that will be undertaken in the 24 month period following commencement of the Amendment.