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Read in-depth feature stories, news articles and the president's column from each issue of Police News.

Gang disorder demands action

President's Column NZPA

Last month’s announcement of Operation Tauwhiro – the Police crackdown on gangs – has raised the question: Why do we need a special operation to focus…

Inside the revised pursuit policy

Featured Articles NZPA

After a raft of reports, recommendations and handwringing over several years, Police has made a significant “revision” of its rules around fleeing…

FLASHBACK: The most difficult files

Featured Articles NZPA

In the 1980s, New Plymouth police and social workers set the benchmarks for dealing with sexual abuse cases.

OBITUARY: Gary Raymond Lendrum 20.02.58-30.12.20

Featured Articles NZPA

An icon of investigative policing

Stories that need to be shared

Featured Articles NZPA

Police Association president Chris Cahill, who has spent much of his career working on organised crime cases, reviews Gangland by Jared Savage.

Working on it

Featured Articles NZPA

Return-to-work advisers help ill or injured Police staff reintegrate back into the workforce. We report on their work and share two stories from…