With health and safety getting priority attention in the state sector these days, and rightly so, it’s pleasing and not surprising that Police has been so quick to respond to staff concerns about the new model i-cars, above.
No frontline response police officer leaves the station without it. Their SRBA vest is their mobile toolkit, their protection, their comms station… and a place to carry their notebook.
Later this month, the IPCA will be releasing the fifth review in nearly 20 years into the problem of fleeing drivers. Will it provide answers? We don’t know. In the meantime, our members at the coalface of the issue will continue to juggle the demands of Police policies, curbing criminal behaviour and meeting public expectations.
The Police Association has been seeking automatic name suppression for police officers involved in critical incidents for nearly 20 years, and is hopeful that this year it might finally happen.
An epic cataloguing project by the New Zealand Police Museum is causing a few headaches – both inside and outside the organisation. Ellen Brook reports.