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People in Policing: A Five Year HR Strategy to 2006

Date Published: 
October 2001

This is the first People in Policing: Five Year HR Strategy. It signals a longer term focus on the important matters facing everyone in NZ Police. The strategy was developed in consultation with a number of staff and other stakeholders and is based on their opinions as well as analysis of staffing patterns and ongoing issues.

This strategy sets specific goals for us to achieve by 2005, including ensuring our staff are capable, skilled, trained and safe in their delivery of the current and future range of Police services. It also sets out strategies to continue improving our leadership and management capability.

The strategy also signals significant changes to the HR processes, systems and information management. This will see us move to simpler, timelier and more flexible management of people in Police. In developing and implementing these changes we must strive to balance the rights, aspirations and dignity of staff with the needs of NZ Police.

Report on the Issues Relating to Policing in the Auckland Area

Date Published: 
November 2002

This report was given to the Minister of Police by the Commissioner of Police. The report covers information requested by the Minister on options to improve policing responses in the Auckland region. There are two parts that make up the main section of the report: a definition of the current situation in Auckland City, and the assessment of potential solutions by the Commissioner.

The specific terms of reference were to address: the wider context for policing in Auckland; crime trends in Auckland, and strategies which address these offending patterns; resource allocation processes, staff recruitment, retention and deployment issues, and associated financial and administrative arrangements; management and administrative structures, especially operational and administrative command arrangements; and the need for community engagement in police strategies. 

 

Departmental Forecast Report 2002

Date Published: 
October 2002

The Departmental Forecast Report looks at the financial position of the New Zealand Police in the current financial year, and estimates the actual expenditure against the budget. The Report also looks at the operational requirements of the next financial year.

The report is broken into three key parts. The first part introduces the Forecast Report and outlines the highlights for Police. The second part looks at the forecasted financial highlights including the statements of financial performance. The final part looks the other information of relevance including Equal Employment Opportunities and national targets.

Seven New Police Youth Development Programmes 2002

Date Published: 
August 2002

This report is a product of both the formative and process evaluation phases of the seven Youth Development Programmes. Following the perceived success of 14 original Police Youth at Risk programmes, the 2000/01 Police budget included funding for the establishment of five new Youth Development Programmes. In addition, the Police and the Crime Prevention Unit (CPU) jointly funded a further two programmes.

Firstly, a brief methodology describes the processes by which the information in this report was collected. The body of the report comprises of a programme description for each of the seven programmes describing the development of the programme and the consultation that took place in the formative phase, as well as describing programme operation for the first year of the process evaluation. 
 
As indicated within each description, the information within the report is based on that provided by programme staff and in some cases, initial proposal documentation. These descriptions will form the basis for the aforementioned process evaluation analysis documents.

Evaluation of Use of Force

Date Published: 
December 2001

This review was requested by Deputy Commissioner S. E. Long on the basis that it was timely for the New Zealand Police to consider training, policy and practice issues surrounding the question of lethal force and Police response to critical incidents. It is recognised that our organisation needs to keep abreast of international best practice in the ever changing environment within which law enforcement agencies operate.

The current New Zealand Police approach to the application of both lethal and non lethal force has been compared to aspects of international best practice. The evaluation undertaken offers a strategic platform upon which to ensure alignment with international best practice and continuous improvement in both the training and operational environment.

Also central to this review, is the need to learn from all major operational incidents by way of timely and comprehensive debriefs (separate from the Police Complaints Authority and criminal investigations), for the benefit of training personnel and for ultimate implementation by Districts.

New Zealand Police Pasifika Strategy - O Le Taeao Fou: Dawn of a New Day

Date Published: 
August 2024

Responsiveness talks to both what New Zealand Police (Police) do or need to do to reduce Pasifika peoples' offending, re-offending, victimisation and road trauma, and how well positioned Police are to do those things.

To this end the New Zealand Police Pasifika Strategy ensures that policing initiatives and activities work towards reducing Pasifika peoples' offending, re-offending, victimisation and road trauma, and that the Police organisation is capable of delivering responsive outcomes for and with Pasifika peoples.

Outcome Evaluation of Police Youth at Risk Programmes - July 1997 to June 2000

Date Published: 
August 2002

The Government’s 1994 crime prevention strategy identified seven goals, one of which specified the establishment of preventative programmes targeted at “youth at risk” of offending. As a result, the 1997 Crime Prevention Youth at Risk (CPYAR) package, dedicated to the three fiscal years beginning July 1997, invested $8.7 million in Youth at Risk strategies, with funding allocated to 14 programmes throughout New Zealand.

This outcome evaluation of the 14 Police Youth at Risk programmes is based on data from the period July 1997 to June 2000, and aims to assess the extent to which each programme met the Police objectives, and overall effectiveness of each programme.

Communication Service Centre Customer Satisfaction Survey 2003-2004

Date Published: 
July 2004
The Communications Centre Service (CCS), also known as “Comms” within the New Zealand Police, receive all 111 calls and other calls which are routed to the police. Comms logs jobs and events, entering details as provided by the caller, to assist the officers who are despatched to the scene.
 
New Zealand Police has contracted ACNielsen to conduct a customer satisfaction survey of recent callers to the three Communication Centres (Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch) administered by the CCS. Results from the survey will be used to determine satisfaction with the service performance of the CCS and to inform service improvements.
 
The broad objectives of this research are two-fold:  to ascertain the level of satisfaction from the public of the service provided by the Communication Centres, for internal analysis and identification of improvements; and to fulfil a parliamentary performance measurement, whereby the level of satisfaction of external callers is recorded in the NZ Police annual Statement of Intent.
 

The Socio-Economic Impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants in New Zealand

Date Published: 
September 2004
This report presents the findings of research on the socio-economic impact of Amphetamine Type Stimulants (ATS) in New Zealand. ATS are a group of synthetic illicit drug types which include methamphetamine, ecstasy and crystal methamphetamine (known as ‘ice’). The work presented draws on a number of innovative research approaches and methodologies, many of which were tried for the first time in New Zealand during the project. 
 
The central aim of the research was to inform the policy response, best practice and strategic planning by New Zealand Police and other relevant government agencies with regard to the recent rise in the use and manufacture of ATS drugs. However because many agencies other than the Police deal with drug problems, the findings reported here have relevance for any organisations responding to ATS problems. 
 
 

Investigative Interviewing - The Literature

Date Published: 
September 2005
This review provides an overview of investigative interviewing within policing. It may also be of interest to anyone who uses this type of interviewing on the job including insurance fraud investigators, lawyers, and government departments.
 
The review outlines the efforts made by police and psychologists in recent decades to: convey the importance of investigative interviewing; understand what happens in an investigative Interview; use psychological theories and research to find out what makes a successful interview; examine the effectiveness of various skills and Techniques; find a basic framework and rationale to underlie investigative interviews; and to produce guidelines on how to conduct interviews.