Police allocation of new staff: what does it mean for Indian community?
Police Commissioner Mike Bush had made an announcement on Wednesday, April 12, about the allocation of new Police staff across each district in New Zealand.
Essentially there is nothing new in the announcement except the fact that Commissioner Mike Bush has allocated the new staff to each police districts.
This is a follow-up of the Prime Minister’s announcement in February about the $388 million investment in Police.
The investment will see an increase of 880 sworn and 245 non-sworn staff over four years.
The sworn staff will be recruited over the next four years from July 2017, with approximately 220 new additional recruits added per year.
The response to this latest announcement across the political spectrum of New Zealand is not surprising as those in opposition are scorning it as too little and too late whereas government is projecting it as a major boost towards crime prevention.
The announcement is critical and a welcome for four major rural centres – Kaitaia, Matamata, Wairoa and Rolleston – for receiving approval for a 24/7 police response service.
The assurance of having a 24/7 police response service in the vicinity is a major relief for anyone.
However, Kiwi-Indian community’s recent tryst, and accompanying discontentment, with, the Police system is about the way the existing 24/7 police response system has performed.
If social media interactions and wider community interactions are to be believed, then there is a seeming disquiet about the way police has lately responded to the concerns of increasing incidents of crime on the members of the community.
The recent incident where a liquor store manager holed up with a prospective thug was denied immediate police help by the very same 24/7 police response system.
This recent announcement of increased numbers and that too over a period of four years does not immediately assuage the concerns of the Kiwi-Indian community.
Apparently, there is a perpetuating belief within the community that most failures in police responses to situations, what community believes are incidences of crime, do not necessarily emanate from lack of investment, instead are more institutional.
For instance, many in community lament that Police personnel fail to visit the crime scene of burglaries even 24 hours after reporting of incidents.
Therefore the general expectation with the community is ‘something more’ and ‘something different’ from the New Zealand police.
In this regard, it is also important if the community is appropriately educated about the overall operational system of New Zealand police.
Often recent migrants, and in many instances, even those living for a considerable period in this country does not have a clear understanding and hence an accurate expectation from the New Zealand police.
Until the time, our police eventually overcome the spurt in “youth-crime” recently seen across the country; let’s focus on education and setting right expectations.
Police Commissioner Mike Bush had made an announcement on Wednesday, April 12, about the allocation of new Police staff across each district in New Zealand.
Essentially there is nothing new in the announcement except the fact that Commissioner Mike Bush has allocated the new staff to each police...
Police Commissioner Mike Bush had made an announcement on Wednesday, April 12, about the allocation of new Police staff across each district in New Zealand.
Essentially there is nothing new in the announcement except the fact that Commissioner Mike Bush has allocated the new staff to each police districts.
This is a follow-up of the Prime Minister’s announcement in February about the $388 million investment in Police.
The investment will see an increase of 880 sworn and 245 non-sworn staff over four years.
The sworn staff will be recruited over the next four years from July 2017, with approximately 220 new additional recruits added per year.
The response to this latest announcement across the political spectrum of New Zealand is not surprising as those in opposition are scorning it as too little and too late whereas government is projecting it as a major boost towards crime prevention.
The announcement is critical and a welcome for four major rural centres – Kaitaia, Matamata, Wairoa and Rolleston – for receiving approval for a 24/7 police response service.
The assurance of having a 24/7 police response service in the vicinity is a major relief for anyone.
However, Kiwi-Indian community’s recent tryst, and accompanying discontentment, with, the Police system is about the way the existing 24/7 police response system has performed.
If social media interactions and wider community interactions are to be believed, then there is a seeming disquiet about the way police has lately responded to the concerns of increasing incidents of crime on the members of the community.
The recent incident where a liquor store manager holed up with a prospective thug was denied immediate police help by the very same 24/7 police response system.
This recent announcement of increased numbers and that too over a period of four years does not immediately assuage the concerns of the Kiwi-Indian community.
Apparently, there is a perpetuating belief within the community that most failures in police responses to situations, what community believes are incidences of crime, do not necessarily emanate from lack of investment, instead are more institutional.
For instance, many in community lament that Police personnel fail to visit the crime scene of burglaries even 24 hours after reporting of incidents.
Therefore the general expectation with the community is ‘something more’ and ‘something different’ from the New Zealand police.
In this regard, it is also important if the community is appropriately educated about the overall operational system of New Zealand police.
Often recent migrants, and in many instances, even those living for a considerable period in this country does not have a clear understanding and hence an accurate expectation from the New Zealand police.
Until the time, our police eventually overcome the spurt in “youth-crime” recently seen across the country; let’s focus on education and setting right expectations.
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