Mike’s Minute: We wanted citizen arrest powers. Stop moaning

The trick, and we fail it virtually every time, is not to get bogged down in the minutiae.

There aren't prizes for coming up with dumb scenarios to try and catch the idea out.

Kerre Woodham: Crime prevention is just as important as picking up thieves

Remember the Christchurch business owner and the tradies who performed a citizens arrest back in June? They tackled a thief to the ground. I'm going to remove all the 'allegeds' and the 'supposedlys' and the 'before the courts.' They tackled a thief. He had motorbike parts in his pocket that he hadn't paid for. That's a thief. They tackled a thief to the ground after he stole motorcycle parts.