Police information and records management - Police Manual chapter
Date Published:
July 2022
This policy provides direction and guidance on the management of information and records at New Zealand Police.
Policy permitting destruction of certain paper-based offence reports - Police Manual chapter
Date Published:
August 2024
This chapter relates to 111 and 105 calls, online form submissions, or over the counter requests for service from the public, and entering those requests into Police electronic systems for the purpose of preventing and responding to crime and helping victims.
Firearms Official Information Act proactive public releases (July 2022)
Date Published:
July 2022
In keeping with the Open Government Partnership National Action Plan 2016-2018, and as Administrator of the Arms Act 1983, Police is releasing its responses to some recent Official Information Act requests, where it is considered they contain data and information that has wider public interest.
For more information, go to Firearms and safety.
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Reference |
Date of request |
Information requested |
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| IR-01-22-19002 (PDF 362KB) | 30 June 2022 | Can I please get a breakdown of firearms and accessories seized since May 1st 2021?
In particular, I'm after the number of MSSAs, and other accessories such as high capacity magazines that were the target of the buy-back schemes in the wake of the Christchurch shootings. |
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IR-01-22-19185 (PDF 415KB) |
2 June 2022 |
A list of incidents police were called to involving a discharge of a firearm in Auckland (including Counties Manukau, Waitemata and Auckland City districts) from January 1, 2022, to date, broken down in a table by date, street name and suburb. |
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IR-01-22-15799 (PDF 387KB) |
25 May 2022 |
How many shootings there has been this past 2 years of 2021 and 2022 to date. And how many of these incidents have been cleared. |
National Wastewater Testing Programme - Quarter 1 2022
Date Published:
July 2022
Results are now available for the first quarter (2022) of nationwide wastewater testing, which covers around 75% of New Zealand’s population.
The drugs tested for are methamphetamine, cocaine, heroin, MDMA and fentanyl. Both heroin and fentanyl were not detected in reportable quantities during Q1.
Key findings: January - March 2022 (Q1 2022)
- Population updates were applied to some sites in January 2022. These corrections allow for a more accurate representation of consumption within each catchment zone. This has resulted in changes to previously reported per capita consumption rates for some locations/districts. Most notably, the population update for Northland district resulted in a 27 percent decrease in per capita consumption rates. This means the per capita results from Q1 2022 cannot be directly compared with results from previous reports.
- Social harm cost estimates have been included in this report. These are derived from the New Zealand Illicit Drug Harm Index 2020 (McFadden M, Bellamore L & MacDonald B. (2021). The New Zealand Illicit Drug Harm Index 2020: Research report. Wellington: Ministry of Health). The Drug Harm Index 2020 provides a conservative measure of the harms associated with the use of illicit drugs in New Zealand and considers both personal and community harms.
Methamphetamine
- An average of 15.5 kilograms of methamphetamine was consumed per week in Q1 2022. This was less than Q4 2021 but remains above the average quantity detected over the previous four quarters (nine percent or 1.3 kilograms).
- Per capita methamphetamine consumption was highest in Eastern district.
- The 15.5 kilograms of methamphetamine consumed equates to an estimated cost of $17.2 million in social harm per week in Q1 2022.
- Approximately $7.8 million per week was generated from methamphetamine distribution across New Zealand sample sites in Q1 2022.
Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA)
- An average of 7.0 kilograms of MDMA was consumed per week in Q1 2022. This was an increase when compared with Q4 2021 and was above the average quantity detected over the previous four quarters (50 percent or 2.3 kilograms).
- Of the sites tested, Southern district consumed the most MDMA per capita during Q1 2022.
- The 7.0 kilograms of MDMA consumed equates to an estimated cost of $0.97 million in social harm per week in Q1 2022.
- Approximately $1.4 million per week was generated from MDMA distribution across New Zealand sample sites in Q1 2022.
Cocaine
- An average of 0.5 kilograms of cocaine was consumed each week in Q1 2022. This was more than Q4 2021 but was below the average quantity detected over the previous four quarters (12 percent or 0.1 kilograms).
- Tāmaki Makaurau continued to consume the most cocaine per capita in Q1 2022.
- The 0.5 kilograms of cocaine consumed equates to an estimated cost of $0.15 million in social harm per week in Q1 2022.
- Approximately $0.2 million per week was generated from cocaine distribution across New Zealand sample sites in Q1 2022.
Information and advice sent to the Minister of Police (1 May - 1 June 2022)
Date Published:
July 2022
If you wish to lodge a request for official information relating to the documents listed below, please contact the Minister of Police.
Table of documents that went to the Minister of Police between 1 May – 1 June 2022
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Operational Performance: January 2022-March 2022 |
2/05/2022 |
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Responses to Justice Select Committee requests for information on the Firearms Prohibition Orders Legislation Bill |
2/05/2022 |
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Wing 357 Initial Overview |
2/05/2022 |
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Meeting with Minister Davis regarding Youth Offending |
2/05/2022 |
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Proactive release of Cabinet paper: Pike River Mine Update – March 2022 |
3/05/2022 |
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Wing 353 Final Overview |
4/05/2022 |
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Operation Cobalt |
4/05/2022 |
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Support for small business crime prevention |
6/05/2022 |
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Next Generation Critical Communications (NGCC): Approval of the NGCC Implementation Business Case |
9/05/2022 |
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Police Association meeting |
10/05/2022 |
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Understanding Policing Delivery – Programme Update |
12/05/2022 |
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Arms Information System Supplier Press Release |
12/05/2022 |
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A new Police hub and custodial facility for Hamilton Central |
12/05/2022 |
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Update on the Statutory Review of the Intelligence and Security Act 2017 |
16/05/2022 |
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2022/23 Estimates Examination: Vote Police – Finance & Expenditure Committee and Justice Committee Standard Questions |
16/05/2022 |
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Attendance at the International Women in Policing Conference 2023 (IWPC2023) as a guest speaker |
16/05/2022 |
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Police workforce trends – April 2022 |
17/05/2022 |
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Quarterly output performance to 31 March 2022 |
19/05/2022 |
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Petition of Diane Hunt: Parole and Sentencing Reform for Murder of Police Officers |
19/05/2022 |
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Gang Harm Reduction Model |
23/05/2022 |
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Alo Ngata Coronial Hearing |
23/05/2022 |
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Long Service and Good Conduct Awards |
26/05/2022 |
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Wing 358 Initial Overview |
30/05/2022 |
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W354 Final Overview |
31/05/2022 |
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Road to Zero Ministerial Oversight Group meeting Thursday 2 June 2022 |
31/05/2022 |
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Proceeds of Crime Fund: Appropriation changes post agreement to fund Round 5 applications |
31/05/2022 |
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Response letter to Minister of Internal Affairs on Digital Violent Extremism Transparency Report 2021 |
31/05/2022 |
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Family Violence and Sexual Violence Ministerial Group Meeting 2 June 2022 |
1/06/2022 |
Tactical and Safety Training: Review of Evidence
Date Published:
July 2022
In September 2021 the Frontline Safety Improvement Programme (FSIP) tasked the Evidence Based Policing Centre (EBPC) with a review of tactical and safety training. The review takes a broad look at tactical and safety training in the literature and in other jurisdictions; and covers areas such as skills included in the training, learning theories, skill decay and training evaluation. The purpose of this report was to gather and assess current literature of tactical and safety training in order to inform the new FSIP Tactical Response Model.
The review consists of the following chapters: Chapter two covers the method for the literature review; Chapter three covers models of learning and evaluation; Chapter four covers basic training and higher education; Chapter five covers technology and learning; Chapter six covers tactical training design and skill decay; Chapter seven covers key skills for tactical training; and Lastly, Chapter eight looks at other jurisdictions through case studies and a survey.
Prosecuting family violence - Police Manual chapter
Date Published:
December 2022
This chapter outlines the steps Police and the Police Prosecution Service take when prosecuting a family violence matter.