Some frontline police have been told to “consider necessity of arrests” in some circumstances because one of the country’s largest prisons is nearly full.
The email, seen by the Herald on Sunday, was sent to staff in Wellington on Friday.
Titled “custody of remand detainees” the email from a senior sergeant says due to Rimutaka Prison being at “near maximum occupancy”, the District Custody Unit (DCU) would begin caring for the overflow of Corrections remand detainees when required.
It warns that: “Repeat breach of bail and warrant offenders may be remanded in Police custody for a prolonged period. Arresting officers should consider this before making an arrest.”
NZ Herald
That’s simply ‘catch and release’ – there really is no other way to describe it.
The directive has confused some officers and been slammed by National – and will be a headache for new Police Minister Ginny Andersen who is less than four weeks into the job. Law and order is shaping up as an election year battleground – and as Labour tries to deflect criticism it is soft on crime.
The email to officers said that approval from the unit sergeant was also required and arresting officers were told to call before transporting detainees.
DCU section staff would care for the remand detainees and the District Command Centre would ask area public safety teams to help run overnight arrest hearings in the Porirua, Hutt Valley and Wellington District Courts.
The arrangement would be in place until further notice, the email said.
NZ Herald
At a time where we are seeing increased street violence, ram raids, armed robberies and smash and grabs, this is simply bizarre. And it serves to confirm that Labour are crim-hugging social justice tossers.
Labour can no longer say they are working to protect our communities. They’d rather criminals are free-range and un-constrained to continue their crime sprees unabated.
The election can’t come soon enough.
Catch and release is for fish, not criminals.
Cam Slater is a New Zealand-based blogger, best known for his role in Dirty Politics and publishing the Whale Oil Beef Hooked blog, which operated from 2005 until it closed in 2019. This article was first published HERE
4 comments:
And is the Government really soft on crime or is it soft on Maori crime. I am emboldened by Michael Bassett to ask? I can't think that even this bunch of wokesters really approve of bare-faced robbery and all the heartache it causes the victims. The prison system is fundamentally flawed as any means to rehabilitation, but overall the message is 'victims of colonialism can't be blamed'.
I have noticed that crime reporting is very thin. Very basic stories to conceal the horror of what is really happening.
There are no descriptions of the perpetrators any more, just a note about what they were wearing. They are too afraid to identify any "identities".
Transparency of course.
MC
How to restore law and order and a respect for is a puzzle. Until about 60 years ago a strong Christian based ethic pervaded all society, not just current church goers. But now the last church goers were mostly a generation or few ago and influenceon on behaviour of offspring has declined. A be in for what you can personally gain and to hell with others approach developed and has permeated all levels. Rogernomics encouraged. And now we have maori indoctrinated with the Moana Jackson mantra that all behavioural patterns associated colonists are to be shunned. In early 19th century UK order was maintained without a Police Force by very severe sentences and deportation. (The latter degraded the future Aussis character almost as much as the later ex NZ mostly maori immigrants/501 candidates did). Severe penalties, boot camps, borstals etc rely on a staff able to exert firm and severe control. But with very many inmates with irrational armed gang member associates, no manager or warder is so foolhardy as to seriously assert him/herself. And with inmates surrounded by many very similar others, institutions are a hotbed for foment of anti colonist (ie anti law abiding) behaviour.
America takes a strong line, has very many in gaol but still not very safe. With the prime lawless types multiplying to at least match immigration we are headed to be a country like Columbia or Mexico.
Soft incarceration NZ style seems not a great discouragement for many. They are in with mates and the idle lifestyle is not new or particularly irksome. Home detention is a complete joke. Usually with a myriad mates who can visit, life is far more enjoyable than that of many retired persons alone.
Involvement in kapahaka and matters maori is no help. Marae are propaganda centres for the anti colonist convention mantra, and preach systematic racism in everything. And endless haka just encourages aggression.
The young know they are almost immune from likely punishment. And they revel in the local infamy.
Some sort of concentration camp type hardship might work but no one would risk being staff.
Appropriate public shaming ie publication of names and faces may work, but runs up against all the accusations of racial selection. And hard to demean youth in the eyes of fellows who similarly believe in counter colonisation lawlessness. Ridicule might work. Public street parades. Photos in the paper. The stocks, or chhins in public with photos. Ducking would not now be approved of, but would be treated as a lark and badge of office anyway.
I would not care to be Minister of Police or of Justice. But Shane Jones just might sort it all.
Unbelievable. On every issue that concerns: crime; health; education; cost of living; social harmony, this Govt's track record is appalling, yet the polls say otherwise? Either they are BS, or the citizenry on average are idiots and deserve what's been dish-out? How does that make you feel?
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