There is a real meme building that Labour hates the police.
We have seen Trevor Mallard mounting attacks against a top cop, Mike Bush, where he disgraced himself and may well find himself before the Privileges Committee.
A reader also pointed out that during the Gang Insignia debate Andrew Little made derogatroy comments, albeit obtusely, of the Police. What do you think? Read more »
Since he seems so keen on having the police seize emails perhaps they might like to ask Russel Norman to provide emails between the Green party and Jolyon White.
That crime remains un-charged, un-investigated…perhaps a sift through their emails might be useful to help the investigation.
There are still more than 30 electoral crimes before the Police and as yet not a single person charged. Read more »
Another one bites the dust. Saves the Tax Payer lots of money in court costs and giving the bastard 3 squares a day.
A man is dead after being shot by police in New Plymouth early this morning.
Police said three separate investigations had been launched after an incident at New Plymouth Golf Club, in the suburb of Fitzroy.
Multiple security alarms went off at the premises about 4am and police responded.
Officers saw that windows had been smashed and set up a cordon around the area.
One of the officers found two offenders on a motorbike leaving the scene.
Acting District Commander Inspector Mark Harrison said: “While I am not prepared to go into any further detail at this stage I can confirm that that the offenders have crashed their bike on the golf course as they tried to leave and a police dog has been deployed and detained one of the offenders.
“An officer went to assist the dog with the first offender and during this time the second offender yelled threats and shot at the officers which led to police discharging a firearm.”
Police had launched three separate investigations into the incident.
One would focus on the incident and the actions of the deceased; a second would independently look at the actions of police; a third investigation would focus on general police policies and procedures.
It was a matter of course for police actions to be investigated when a firearm was discharged, Mr Harrison said.
The scene had been cordoned off and was likely to remain so for a day or two so a full scene examination could be completed.
“a matter of course”… snigger
Do you know this piece of filth?
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A 90-year-old woman had more than $27,000 stolen from her bank accounts by a man who tricked his way into her home posing as a Telecom maintenance worker.
The woman was at home in Milford on Auckland’s North Shore when the man arrived, claiming he was there to repair a faulty phone line.
The pensioner believed him and let him into the house. While inside, he took her eftpos and credit cards.
After he left, he called the woman from a pay phone and managed to obtain the pin numbers to her cards, Constable Erik Bakker said.
Cry Baby of the Day: Rose Black
Cry baby: Rose Black
The incident: The police now have Automatic Number Plate Recognition systems being deployed in vehicles. Some people think that they will cause a disproportionate victimisation of poor people.
A new, hi-tech licence plate recognition system is copping flack from welfare groups who claim it could have a negative impact on the poor.
Police believe the all-new Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) system is the key to identifying vehicles that are a potential hazard on the roads, and have been trialling the devices since late last year.
The ANPR – which sits on top of a patrol car – scans and records number plates of passing vehicles, instantly matching them to a police database.
If a vehicle is wanted for any reason – stolen vehicles, disqualified drivers, expired registration and wanted persons – a waiting patrol vehicle gives chase.
ANPR – which is capable of scanning up to 3000 number plates an hour – is an extension of the traditional process in which an officer would have to call a radio dispatcher to access information in the police database. Read more »
There are two reasons why you should go and buy today’s Truth.
The first is that we reveal why it was that Labour attacked top cop Mike Bush in parliament:
ONE OF Auckland’s top cops has been boasting about having Deputy Police Commissioner Mike Bush sacked when his brother, Labour leader David Shearer, becomes Prime Minister.
Alan Shearer is the former Manurewa Area Police Commander and used to work under Bush during the years he spent as Counties Manukau district commander.
It is understood some bad blood exists between the pair after Bush removed him as Manurewa Area Commander into a new job at Counties Manukau where he is responsible for “planning and ending family violence” in South Auckland. …
A well-placed police source confirmed that Shearer had been “running his mouth off around town” about having Bush sacked once his brother David became Prime Minister.
“He’s been badmouthing Mike Bush. He is bitter and telling police officers in Counties Manukau that when his brother is Prime Minister he’s going to get Mike Bush,” the source told Truth.
“Alan Shearer is pissed off about being removed from his personal fiefdom in Manurewa and holds Bush responsible.”
Truth attempted to speak to Alan Shearer but he did not return calls. Read more »
The video above is how South African Police deal with people who flee them. Now read how our liberals want to deal with fleeing criminals.
Brian Rudman is usually banging on about the state or city funding a new theatre for him and other liberal elite arts wankers to enjoy subsidised arts shows.
Today though he is backing the crims over police by insisting that criminals who are drunk, in charge of heavy metal objects and breaking the law be allowed to get away with it.
How many more young New Zealanders have to die before the police – and Parliament – concede that patrol cars are a much more deadly weapon than the Glock pistol and the Bushmaster carbine?
In the past 10 years, police shot and killed seven people – one an innocent bystander – in the course of duty. But in 2010 alone, 18 fleeing drivers – or their passengers – died as a direct consequence of high-speed police pursuits. Last weekend, four South Auckland boys died in a horrendous ending to a police chase. Read more »
I see the media is again blaming the Police after 3 morons were killed last night fleeing Police. You should check out the Twitter traffic from journalists slamming the Police for doing their job.
A third person has died following a crash in which a fleeing car hit a parked truck in Mangere overnight.
Two people died at the scene on Massey Rd and two others in the car were taken to Middlemore Hospital in a serious condition after the collision.
A hospital spokeswoman confirmed one of the patients died this morning and the other remained in a critical condition. Read more »
Katrina at the Truth writes
Counties Manukau Police will be joining law enforcement agencies from around the world this week to increase awareness of police work via social media.
The first Global Police Tweet-a-thon will see officers and staff from eight countries tweet about their experiences from the frontline giving a snapshot of the work that they do and the issues they face on a daily basis. Messages will be sent out from nearly 150 different Twitter accounts.
Globally the tweet-a-thon will run for 24 hours from 8am on Friday (22 March) with agencies operating for all or any part of that period. Due to time zones New Zealand and Australia will be first out of the blocks.
New Zealand Police will be tweeting from 8am until midnight using two accounts – @ManukauPolice, @BetterWorkStory, – and the event hashtag #poltwt
If they think that’s going to help, I’m fine with it. But I really don’t like the trend of Police turning up at a complaint where there is a large group of people, usually younger and drunk, and their first instinct is to beat the crap out of the Officers. Tweetin’ ain’t gonna help that, and cops aren’t paid enough to face that sort of shit.
Counties Manukau Police already has a popular Facebook presence (www.facebook.com/counties.manukau.police). If you visit the page you can check out all of the exciting events which have been happening within the District, help identify Counties Manukau’ most wanteds, receive fantastic crime prevention tips and be kept up to date with current Police news.
Throughout Friday, Counties Manukau Police will be giving a flavour of a typical Friday on the frontline across the District.
Counties Manukau District Commander, John Tims, said: “Social media and Police are ‘partners in crime’ and the use of social media has become an everyday part of Police business. It’s a great way to interact directly with our community in real time. By providing the public with tips and information it will hopefully prevent them from becoming future victims of crime.
“We’re looking forward to Twitter users joining us on this global venture.”
I have no idea why silly idiots attempt to flee the Police. They a) never succeed, b) always get caught, c) usually wind up dead or severely injured.
Four teenage girls were allegedly fighting and knocking over tables at an Auckland cafe shortly before they were critically injured in a crash following a one-minute police pursuit.
The girls, two aged 16 and two 17, had to be cut from the car after it hit a concrete median strip and lost control before crashing into a concrete block wall on Kepa Rd in Kohimarama late last night.
Police said the pursuit lasted about one minute. Read more »
