Post by Kiwi Frontline on Mar 20, 2020 3:40:49 GMT 12
ELDERLY FEEL SAFER WITH POLICE ARMED RESPONSE TEAMS, SAYS MĀORI WARDEN
Despite controversy over the police armed response teams (ARTs) some people feel safer with them, a South Auckland-based Māori warden says.
"Our elderly people, they're the ones who're feeling threatened in their communities and too frightened to speak out. We don't want any of our elderly people to feel unsafe," he said.
However, Ōtautahi Māori warden chair Jacqui Te Wani wasn't comfortable with how armed officers patrolling the streets of Christchurch "has become reality" and she was concerned that it would lead to more Māori being shot at.
She agreed that the Crown had breached the Treaty by failing to inform Māori of the trial......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/elderly-feel-safer-with-police-armed-response-teams-says-m-ori-warden.html
Despite controversy over the police armed response teams (ARTs) some people feel safer with them, a South Auckland-based Māori warden says.
"Our elderly people, they're the ones who're feeling threatened in their communities and too frightened to speak out. We don't want any of our elderly people to feel unsafe," he said.
However, Ōtautahi Māori warden chair Jacqui Te Wani wasn't comfortable with how armed officers patrolling the streets of Christchurch "has become reality" and she was concerned that it would lead to more Māori being shot at.
She agreed that the Crown had breached the Treaty by failing to inform Māori of the trial......
www.newshub.co.nz/home/new-zealand/2020/03/elderly-feel-safer-with-police-armed-response-teams-says-m-ori-warden.html