This year saw a large step in the implementation of the Commission of Inquiry recommendations. The Police Code of Conduct was fully implemented in the first half of the year. This has also seen the first disciplinary action taken under the new Code.

Another significant step towards implementing the recommendations was the introduction of the Policing Act 2008 in October. The Act for the first time sets a positive framework for policing practice and allows employees to join the mainstream of employment practice.

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has issued public statements around locations of concern regarding international money laundering and terrorism risks.

The New Zealand Police Strategic Plan 2011 – 2015 determines the role of Youth Education Services (YES) as one of the many New Zealand Police services working within the Police's vision of Safer Communities Together. The mission articulated through the strategy is to direct Police to work in partnership with communities to prevent crime and road trauma, enhance public safety and maintain public order.

The Police Illicit Drug strategy focuses on methamphetamine and cannabis as these are the two illicit drug types that cause the greatest amount of harm. Methamphetamine has a concentrated level of harm to the user and to those around them, with frequent users being more likely to pay for their drug use with criminal activity and more likely to access health services related to their drug use. The prevalence of cannabis combined with the young age of first use contributes to the level of harm it has upon New Zealand communities.

The reduction of family violence is an Australasian policing priority. Family violence has a measurable impact on many individuals, families and communities each day. Policing responses need to be supported and underpinned by interventions at the local, community and government levels.

Despite the wealth of knowledge and tremendous efforts to prevent family violence, more needs to be done to ensure the safety and well being of victims. This includes support through the criminal justice systems.

This report is to review the current New Zealand Police (Police) pursuit policy. Amendments were made to the policy as recently as January 2008. However, given that pursuits are a policing activity of significant risk, ongoing critical evaluations of the policy in light of specific incidents, technological advances and research, are necessary from time to time.

The translation of the Rights Caution for Adults and Children/Young Persons is designed for immediate, urgent use only where interpreters are not available.

The translations cover 51 different languages and outline a person’s rights when either being questioned or arrested by police officers.

The multilingual phrasebook and rights cautions have been developed to assist police staff communicate with diverse communities. This resource can be used as an effective tool to interact with people where there is a language barrier.

The Multilingual Phrase Book outlines the most frequent questions and statements used by police officers when dealing with the public alongside 49 translated languages.