Without a doubt, the big issues we carry into 2017 are the need for more police and the cumulative stress driven by persistent staff shortages.

A police officer standing at a cordon by a wrecked or unstable building, on a dangerous piece of road or near a flooded plain, or being flown into…

Northland police teams are under siege – gang and drug activity from outside and staffing problems from within. At least that’s the way it’s feeling…

The world is watching the American presidential election with fascination and trepidation.

Sometimes, one event will bring to public attention a slow-burning issue that those directly involved with can clearly see, but which is not obvious…

Sergeant Jonathan Westrupp has no recollection of diving head first through the glass of a second-storey bathroom window during an armed siege in…