Chuck Bird: Open Letter - The vicious assault on a 70 year old woman breaking her eye socket

Open Letter To:

The Rt Hon Christopher Luxon, Prime Minister C.Luxon@ministers.govt.nz

The Rt Hon Winston Peters, Deputy Prime Minister W.Peters@ministers.govt.nz

The Hon David Seymour, Leader of the Act Party D.Seymour@ministers.govt.nz

The Hon Mark Mitchell, Minister of Police M.Mitchell@ministers.govt.nz

The Hon Casey Costello, Minister for Seniors C.Costello@ministers.govt.nz

Dear Ministers,

This email is to the three party leaders, the Minister of Police and the Minister for Seniors.

Thomas Cranmer: New Zealand's Thin Blue Line

The Parliament Protests and the Posie Parker Rally have exposed the extent to which the Police frontline is under-resourced and under-funded.

Soaring levels of crime and high profile protests at Parliament and the Posie Parker rally have made policing a political hot topic over the past three years. Following last week’s budget, Police Minister Ginny Andersen announced that the government was nearing its goal of recruiting an additional 1800 frontline officers, as pledged in 2017.

According to Andersen, the new funding will guarantee the maintenance of the current ratio of at least one officer for every 480 New Zealanders. In 2017, the ratio stood at one officer for every 544 individuals.