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Police Perceptions of Maori
Police Perceptions of Maori A Report to the New Zealand Police and the Ministry of Maori Development: Te Puni Kokiri Gabrielle Maxwell Catherine Smith Institute of Criminology Victoria University of Wellington March 1998 A Victoria Link Project Acknowledgements The authors wish to acknowledge the help and support they received from their colleagues, Allison Morris and Paula Shepherd, from Manon Fala who assisted with the follow up telephone calls, from the representatives of the New Zealand Police and Te Puni Kokiri who provided advice and support throughout the project and from the many police officers, men and women, Maori and non Maori who were generous enough to spare their time to respond to our questions and to share their views with us. ii Contents List of Tables iv Executive summary v Introduction 1 Method 3 Questionnaire design 3 Police behaviour 3 Police officers' attitudes 4 General questions on policy and strategy 5 Background characteristics 5 Piloting 5 Sample selection 5 Distribution of questionnaires 6 Responses 6 Data presentation and analysis 8 Results 10 Description of sample 10 Police attitudes and behaviour in general 12 Police responses to differences in ethnicity 12 Racist language 13 Specific police responses to Maori and Caucasian 14 Negative attitudes to different ethnic groups 17 Changing attitudes over time 19 Maori and other police officers 19 Police officers' attitudes 20 Factors affecting attitudes 25 Police policy and strategy 27 Differences in the views of Maori and NZ European police officers 29 Policy -
The Kaipatiki Community Policing Project
2013 Goldstein Awards The Kaipatiki Community Policing Project: A problem solving approach to youth crime in Kaipatiki. Waitematä Police District New Zealand Front cover: Kaipatiki Community Policing Project team. From left: Constable Ant Searle, Sergeant Sundip Patel, Constable Wayne Iremonger, Constable Bianca Johnson. Inset: Constable Grant Kenny (Photo courtesy of North Shore Times) THE KAIPATAKI COMMUNITY POLICING PROJECT Section 1: Summary of Application A 2010 District scan (macro-scan) by Waitematä Police showed that while North Shore City1 recorded the lowest crimes per capita of any city in New Zealand, its working class neighbourhood suburbs of Beach Haven and Birkdale (commonly referred to as Kaipatiki) remained over represented in a number of crime types, particularly burglary. Current social strategies were failing to achieve the desired crime and safety outcomes. A micro-scan of Kaipatiki confirmed the existence of a crime problem: burglary. Burglary, one of the primary community concerns, was increasing, in contrast to the remainder of the City. Residents of Kaipatiki were up to three times more likely to be burgled than those in other suburbs. A small team of a Sergeant and four Constables, were committed to supplement the existing Community Constable and initiated the analysis and response phase of the Kaipatiki Community Policing Project. Data gathering was commenced to understand and identify what was driving crime and to identify other community concerns. It included community consultations, a Perceptions of Safety survey and Police Intelligence products. 1 North Shore was one of four cities making up the Auckland metropolitan area. These four cities, along with three districts, were merged in November 2010 into one "super city" under the governance of the Auckland Council. -
The Patsy MASS MURDER DRAFT Official Killing in Tasmania, Australia April 2013
MASS MURDER OFFICIAL KILLING IN TASMANIA, AUSTRALIA DRAFT COPY PART 10 April 2013 PLEASE EMAIL/LINK/WEBSITE 10 T HE PATSY PSYCHO-POLITICAL TERROR Port Arthur, Tasmania, AUSTRALIA; 28-29 April 1996 35 killed, 23 wounded GUNMEN highly trained right-handed shooter/psychopath – said to be Benjamin Overbeeke (see Internet); 2nd gunman at Seascape said to be Michael Charles Dyson (ex-SOG) INVESTIGATIONS NO public inquiry; NO coronial autopsies; NO trial OUTCOME possessing auto & semi-auto long-firearms legislated illegal INNOCENT PATSY Martin Bryant; IQ of 66 (lowest 1-2% of population); intellect of 11-year-old (grade 6); imprisoned FOREVER; now being tortured to death in Risdon Prison, Tasmania not a single shred of proof links this left-handed shooter to the alleged firearms, to the shooting, or to the victims; several eyewitnesses have said Bryant was not the gunman BOOK (forthcoming; international) MASS MURDER: Official Killing in Tasmania, Australia no copyright; 500 pp; dozens of investigator articles; destroys official narrative (corrupt unproved nonsense) AVAILABILITY abebooks, amazon, bookdepository, bookfinder, vialibri, etc . free pdf from editor EDITOR Keith Allan Noble, PhD [email protected] has no involvement with firearms or any firearms group WHAT YOU CAN DO email, link, website all information about this official killing OFFICIAL CONTACT Lara Giddings – Premier 15 Murray Street, Hobart 7000 Tasmania, AUSTRALIA t. 61-3-62333464; f. 61-3-62341572 [email protected] PLEASE PRAY FOR MARTIN BRYANT THE 36th VICTIM DRAFT MASS MURDER April 2013 Official Killing in Tasmania, Australia CONCERN The incident in April 1996 at and near Port Arthur, Tasmania, was so big and complicated (many actions both planned and spontaneous), it was beyond Martin Bryant’s mental, physical, and emotional limits. -
Forensic Science Evidence, Wrongful Convictions and Adversarial Process
FORENSIC SCIENCE EVIDENCE, WRONGFUL CONVICTIONS AND ADVERSARIAL PROCESS DAVID HAMER* AND GARY EDMOND† The adversarialist approach to criminal justice places a premium on autonomy, efficiency and finality. It trusts that giving parties control will put reliable comprehensive evidence before the trial court. Where forensic science evidence is involved, this trust is often misplaced, and factual accuracy suffers. Often, prosecution forensic science evidence is of unknown reliability and biased, yet the trial judge stays above the fray and allows its admission, the defence lacks the resources to challenge it successfully, and the jury defers to the expert and convicts. On appeal, the appeal court is wary of challenging the jury verdict and reluctant to allow the defence a recontest with bolstered evidence or a different strategy. Post appeal, the opportunities for correction are more limited still. The adversarialist approach to forensic science evidence has contributed to many wrongful convictions. Courts should adopt a more interventionist and informed approach to forensic science evidence. I INTRODUCTION Criminal litigation in Australia operates on a broadly adversarial basis. While not unqualified, the adversarial ethic permeates all stages from investigation through trial to appeal and post appeal. The adversarial design serves the goals of individual autonomy and finality while, at the same time, purportedly resolving disputes accurately. However, the recent wave of exonerations across the common-law world reveals that the goal of factual accuracy is achieved less frequently than was once believed.1 Indeed, examination of errors, and the system’s response to them, lends support to the proposition that the adversarial system may sacrifice accuracy in the pursuit of autonomy and finality. -
New Zealand Police Briefing to the Incoming Minister
NEW ZEALAND POLICE BRIEFING TO THE INCOMING MINISTER 2008 OVERVIEW.....................................................................................................................2 STRATEGY.....................................................................................................................4 GOVERNANCE.............................................................................................................8 Internal Governance...........................................10 SIGNIFICANT ISSUES..............................................................................................12 IMMEDIATE ISSUES................................................................................................16 POLICE PARTNERSHIPS........................................................................................23 Domestic..............................................................24 International.........................................................25 International Deployments...................................26 RISK...........................................................................................................................28 RESOURCES.............................................................................................................29 CAPACITY................................................................................................................31 Human Resources.................................................31 Police Collective Wage Round ..........................33 Information Communications -
Procedural Conflict and Conflict Resolution: a Cross-National Study of Police Officers from New Zealand and South Australia
Procedural conflict and conflict resolution: a cross-national study of police officers from New Zealand and South Australia Ross Hendy Churchill College University of Cambridge This dissertation is submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy May 2018 ii iii Declaration Tis dissertation is the result of my own work and includes nothing which is the outcome of work done in collaboration except as declared in the preface and specifed in the text. It is not the same as any that I have submitted, or, is being concurrently submitted for a degree or di- ploma or other qualifcation at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution. I further state that no substantial part of my dissertation has already been submit- ted, or, is being concurrently submitted for any such degree, diploma or other qualifcation at the University of Cambridge or any other University or similar institution. iv v Abstract Tis research takes a cross-national approach to explore how police officers attempt confict resolution in their day-to-day activities. Using comparisons of the behaviour of routinely armed officers from South Australia and routinely unarmed officers from New Zealand, this thesis chronicles a research journey which culminates with a new theoretical framework to explain police-citizen encounters. Te research took a grounded theory approach and employed a mixed methods design. Quantitative data revealed that officers from South Australia used verbal and physical control behaviours more frequently and for a higher proportion of time during encounters than dur- ing the encounters observed in New Zealand. Tere were no clear explanations for the differences, although there were variations in law and the profle of event-types between the research sites. -
Eastman V the Queen [2015] ACTCA 24
Networked Knowledge Law Report Eastman v The Queen [2015] ACTCA 24 This is an edited version of the judgment and the expressions contained within it should not be relied upon without checking against the original judgment which is available at http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/cases/act/ACTCA/2015/24.html - this page set up by Dr Robert N Moles - underlining where it occurs is for editorial emphasis. 10 June 2015 - Wigney J, Walmsley and Robinson AJJ Application for judge to disqualify himself from hearing an application for permanent stay of the accused’s trial – apprehended bias – where apprehended bias claimed to arise from past professional association between judge and witness - whether incorrect test for apprehended bias applied – whether judge should have recused himself on the basis of apprehended bias. The Court orders that: (1) The appeal is allowed. (2) The order made by Whealy AJ [W] on 24 April 2015 dismissing the appellant’s application that W recuse himself from hearing the appellant’s application that his trial be permanently stayed is set aside. (3) W be disqualified from hearing the appellant’s application that his trial be permanently stayed. THE COURT: The test for a judge to apply in considering an application for disqualification or recusal on the basis of apprehended bias is well settled and relatively easy to state. It is, however, not always easy to apply. It involves questions of degree and value judgment and the balancing of sometimes competing considerations. The line is not always easy to draw. This is such a case. David Eastman [E] is to be re-tried on a charge that he murdered the Assistant Commissioner of the Australian Federal Police. -
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THE LOST CHILDREN Here you will find all the reasons why we do what we do... Sadly Compiled by this is a list of all the children who lost their lives to child abuse, Katrina Crews murdered or remain missing...They are our little angels.... may they always be remembered... THE LOST CHILDREN Here you will find all the reasons why we do what we do... Sadly this is a list of all the children who lost their lives to child abuse, murdered or remain missing... They are our little angels.... may they always be remembered... THIS IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL CHILDREN LOST, MANY CASES NEVER MAKE IT TO A PUBLIC FORUM AS DETAILS WILL BE SUPPRESSED. MANY RECENT CASES ARE STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION SO MAY NOT BE INCLUDED. ONE NEW ZEALAND CHILD DIES EVERY 5 WEEKS DUE TO ABUSE. IT IS OUR RESPONSIBILITY AS FAMILY, FRIENDS, NEIGHBOURS, COLLEGUES, COMMUNITIES, AND CITIZENS TO STAND UP FOR CHILDREN. WE APOLOGISE FOR ANY ERRORS. EVIL TRIUMPHS WHERE GOOD PEOPLE DO NOTHING. Bradley Livingstone (9 years) Ellen Livingstone (6 years) January 2014 Sadly Bradley and Ellen were shot dead by their father, corrections worker, Edward Livingstone (51) in their Dunedin home. A neighbour tried in vain to save the children by attempting to wrestle the gun away from their father but tragically was unable to stop the incident. Edward had previously breached his protection orders twice and was discharged without conviction on both accounts. Honour Shamrock Ashworth (3 months) January 2014 Honour received serious injuries in his Invercargill home and later died in Starship hospital. -
Tuesday, March 3, 2020
TE NUPEPA O TE TAIRAWHITI TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 2020 HOME-DELIVERED $1.90, RETAIL $2.20 TERROR THREAT PAGE 8 CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK ISLAMIC COMMUNITY ON HIGH ALERT • PAIR IN NZ SHOW SYMPTOMS CONSISTENT WITH COIVID-19 • NZ EXPORTS COP AN ESTIMATED $300M HIT • UNCHARTED TERRITORY AS VIRUS SPREADS CLOSING PUBLIC ACCESS • GLOBAL BATTLE AGAINST VIRUS SHOULD BECOME ‘BRIDGE FOR PEACE’ TO WHARVES 5, 6 PAGE 3 PAGES 7, 10, 12 INSIDE TODAY TRIBUTES TO PAPA TEMPLE 33 ‘wonderful’ years as police chaplain The police community put on a special function at Te Poho-o-Rawiri Marae yesterday to recognise and pay tribute to the work retiring police chaplain Temple Isaacs has done for more than 30 years in Tairawhiti. He is pictured with wife Olive and Inspector Sam Aberahama. SEE STORY PAGE 3 Picture by Rebecca Grunwell CHAIN REACTION 300 Coast workers cop effects of export downturn by Andrew Ashton supply chain relied on exports to China. the growing demand from businesses and supporting impacted workers and On the East Coast, 300 people had struggling with cash flow and, in some businesses. Because of the underlying THE profound effects of the stopped working altogether or had to cases, paying tax, Ms Ardern said. momentum in our economy, the coronavirus outbreak and a drop in log reduce hours, she said. Economic Development Minister Phil Government’s surplus and low debt, exports are clearer after Prime Minister The Government was sending special Twyford will visit Gisborne today to hear we can bounce back to the strong level Jacinda Ardern revealed 300 East Coast teams from the Ministry of Social from those on the ground about what of growth seen before the coronavirus workers had either already lost jobs or Development to help those affected further aid might be needed. -
In the High Court of New Zealand Auckland Registry I Te Kōti Matua O Aotearoa Tāmaki Makaurau Rohe Cri-2019-404-000416 [2020]
IN THE HIGH COURT OF NEW ZEALAND AUCKLAND REGISTRY I TE KŌTI MATUA O AOTEAROA TĀMAKI MAKAURAU ROHE CRI-2019-404-000416 [2020] NZHC 368 BETWEEN MANINDER SINGH Appellant AND NEW ZEALAND POLICE Respondent Hearing: 3 February 2020 Counsel: M J Mellin for appellant C D Piho for respondent Judgment: 3 March 2020 JUDGMENT OF KATZ J [Conviction and sentence appeal] This judgment was delivered by me on 3 March 2020 at 3:30pm Registrar/Deputy Registrar Solicitors: Kayes Fletcher Walker Ltd, Office of the Crown Solicitor, Manukau Counsel: M J Mellin, Barrister, Manukau SINGH v NEW ZEALAND POLICE [2020] NZHC 368 [3 March 2020] Introduction [1] Mr Singh appeals his conviction and sentence on a charge of driving with excess breath alcohol.1 He was found guilty by Judge David J Harvey in the District Court at Manukau, following which he was disqualified from driving for six months and fined $1,030.2 [2] The key issues raised by Mr Singh’s appeal are: (a) whether the Judge erred in finding that the police officer was justified in administering a breath alcohol test;3 and (b) (if the conviction is not set aside on the basis of this alleged error) whether the Judge erred in not discharging Mr Singh without conviction.4 [3] Mr Singh seeks leave to file an updating affidavit for the purposes of the appeal. The Crown did not oppose admission of that evidence. I am satisfied that it is credible, fresh, and relevant to the safety of the convictions and should therefore be admitted.5 [4] Mr Singh seeks an extension of time for the appeal to be brought. -
Review of New Zealand Police's Progress in Response to the 2007
Review of New Zealand Police’s progress in response to the 2007 Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct Professor Mike Rowe Northumbria University, UK Associate Professor Michael Macaulay IGPS, Victoria University of Wellington INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE AND POLICY STUDIES MONTH/YEAR February 2017 AUTHORS Mike Rowe (Northumbria University, UK) Michael Macaulay (VUW) ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS The authors would like to thank all interviewees who participated in the review. In particular, thanks to Lesley Cornish and Mike Webb (NZ Police) for their facilitation of interviews and field visits, and for the insights of Professor Karin Lasthuizen (VUW). INSTITUTE FOR GOVERNANCE School of Government AND POLICY STUDIES Victoria University of Wellington PO Box 600 Wellington 6140 New Zealand For any queries relating to this working paper, please contact [email protected] DISCLAIMER The views, opinions, findings, and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this paper are strictly those of the author. They do not necessarily reflect the views of the Institute for Governance and Policy Studies, the School of Government or Victoria University of Wellington. Contents 1. Introduction and background ........................................................................................... 4 2. Methodology .................................................................................................................... 6 3. Theme One: ASA(I) ......................................................................................................... 7 3.1 Training -
David Eastman and Colin Winchester: Two 'Cracks' in the Night Echoed Across 30 Years’
Networked Knowledge Media Reports Networked Knowledge David Eastman Homepage This page set up by Dr Robert N Moles [Underlining, where it occurs, is for NetK editorial emphasis] On 22 November 2018 Elizabeth Byrne and Jordaon Hayne reported for the ABC ‘David Eastman and Colin Winchester: Two 'cracks' in the night echoed across 30 years’ Man who served 19 years in jail for top cop's murder found not guilty in retrial Two cracks in the darkness, like stones thrown against a window. That is how Gwen Winchester described the gunshots that killed her husband and ignited a legal storm that raged for 30 years. Was it a mafia hit? It seemed logical. But the head of the ACT's police force had more than one enemy. The mafia question lingered throughout media coverage, inquiries, and appeals. But both times the murder went to trial, it was former treasury official David Eastman sitting in the dock. In the middle of the summer holidays, on January 10, 1989, the day-night match between Australian and Pakistan was on TV, and Canberrans were settling in for a quiet night. About 9:15pm, Australian Federal Police Assistant Commissioner for the ACT Colin Winchester pulled into his elderly neighbour's driveway — knowing she felt safer with a car in front of her home. Mr Winchester was returning from visiting his brother to discuss an upcoming hunting trip, and as he parked, turned to pick up a box of bullets from the passenger seat. Police believe the gunman was standing behind the unmarked police car as Mr Winchester opened the door and moved to get out.