Post by Kiwi Frontline on Jul 31, 2017 18:17:23 GMT 12
CHRISTCHURCH POLICE ON MAORI OFFENDERS: 'WE NEED A DIFFERENT APPROACH'
In the past year, Hirone Waretini and his team have had to come to terms with something difficult – failure.
Five years ago, police launched a national strategy, Turning of the Tide. The goal was to turn around the high numbers of Māori who were involved in crime and road crashes, and the high numbers of Māori becoming their victims.
But it hasn't worked.
As Canterbury Police Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Services district manager, Inspector Waretini has those numbers always on his mind.
At last count, 8 per cent of Christchurch residents were Māori - yet Māori made up about 20 per cent of the people apprehended by police, he said.
More than half of New Zealand's prison population is Māori - 51 per cent.
A six-year national strategy Turning The Tide was launched in 2012, timed to finish in 2018.
It aimed to cut the number of Māori first-time offenders by 10 per cent, cut repeat offenders and repeat victims of crime by 20 per cent, reduce Māori apprehensions, and reduce the number of Maori killed or seriously injured in road crashes by 20 per cent.
But a review of progress on the strategy last year found there had been no change in the first time offender rates, an increase in repeat offenders, and trust and confidence in police within the Māori community had dipped......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11897046
In the past year, Hirone Waretini and his team have had to come to terms with something difficult – failure.
Five years ago, police launched a national strategy, Turning of the Tide. The goal was to turn around the high numbers of Māori who were involved in crime and road crashes, and the high numbers of Māori becoming their victims.
But it hasn't worked.
As Canterbury Police Māori, Pacific and Ethnic Services district manager, Inspector Waretini has those numbers always on his mind.
At last count, 8 per cent of Christchurch residents were Māori - yet Māori made up about 20 per cent of the people apprehended by police, he said.
More than half of New Zealand's prison population is Māori - 51 per cent.
A six-year national strategy Turning The Tide was launched in 2012, timed to finish in 2018.
It aimed to cut the number of Māori first-time offenders by 10 per cent, cut repeat offenders and repeat victims of crime by 20 per cent, reduce Māori apprehensions, and reduce the number of Maori killed or seriously injured in road crashes by 20 per cent.
But a review of progress on the strategy last year found there had been no change in the first time offender rates, an increase in repeat offenders, and trust and confidence in police within the Māori community had dipped......
www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11897046