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New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring annual report 2006

Date Published: 
September 2006

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.

This is the first annual report for NZ-ADAM and covers the operation of the first full year of the NZ-ADAM programme in which all four participating sites (Whangarei, Henderson, Hamilton and Dunedin) were covered. Data collection for this period commenced on 1 July 2005 and continued through to 30 June 2006.

New Zealand Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring annual report 2007

Date Published: 
October 2007

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.

This is the second annual report for NZ-ADAM, covering the twelve months from 1 July 2006 to 30 June 2007 and includes an outline of the activities and results across all of the sites. Trend data is also presented in some instances covering the period since the inception of the programme across all participating sites in July 2005.

New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring report 2010

Date Published: 
December 2010

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.

New Zealand Arrestee Drug Use Monitoring report 2011

Date Published: 
December 2010

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.

This report presents the findings from the 2011 NZADUM and compares them with the previous 2010 NZ‐ADUM wave. The completion of the interviews at the Christchurch site in 2011 was delayed by six months due to the earthquakes there and this delayed the overall completion of the study.

Commission of Inquiry Change Management progress reports

Date Published: 
October 2015

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. The Phase Five review is the first of these internal progress reviews.

Family Violence Risk Assessment: Review of international research

Date Published: 
August 2011

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 review therefore has a particular focus on the literature as it relates to family violence risk assessment by police organisations. It also focuses on risk assessment as it relates to predicting the reoccurrence of family violence, rather than the initial occurrence.

Evaluation of the Mental Health/Alcohol and Other Drug Watch-house Nurse Pilot Initiative

Date Published: 
August 2010

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.

This final evaluation report presents the findings about the WHN initiative during its first 18 months of operation. In doing so, it addresses the main objectives of the pilot, and intended outcomes of these objectives in turn.

Community Justice Panel in Christchurch evaluation

Date Published: 
November 2012

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.

This report reviews the extent to which the Community Justice Panel in Christchurch is meeting its intended outcomes. Areas for development and factors to consider if implementing in other communities are also given.

Multi-Agency Statement: Collaborative Response to Potential and Actual Forced Marriage

Date Published: 
December 2012

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.

The LOA sets each agency's commitment to supporting victims and their policy and procedures in response to forced marriage as well as setting out how the response will be coordinated between agencies. Information about the collaborative and individual responses that will be provided by involved agencies can be located on their websites.

The Canterbury Earthquake: Key Points and Forecasting

Date Published: 
December 2010

The aim of this document is to provide an overview of the crime, crash, environmental, social, legal and logistical developments since the earthquake of 4 September 2010 until 25 September 2010 (three weeks).

This document will also outline the short (three months), medium (six months) and long (one to two years) term emerging risks, patterns and trends. A brief overview of the police response to the disaster is also provided.