• As the Arms Legislation Bill was being developed, Police progressed policy on firearms information sharing. Police developed briefings setting out information sharing proposals that were submitted to six Ministers with Power to Act on policy for the Arms Bill. The Office of the Privacy Commissioner was, as is usual in policy on information sharing, involved in the policy development for the Bill.
• During this process the Privacy Commissioner raised concerns in a letter to the Prime Minister about the direction of information sharing policy.

Recording and coding of crime and incident reports by Police staff is subject to constant scrutiny. In addition to local assurance checks, key dimensions of data quality are regularly monitored at the national level, as part of a focus on ensuring consistent application of New Zealand Police’s National Recording Standard and case management process. Specific audits of crime recording and coding decisions are also undertaken as part of a comprehensive, national, Data Quality Audit Plan.