Post by Kiwi Frontline on Nov 15, 2019 4:36:54 GMT 12
ARMED RESPONSE TEAMS: CHANGE IN REMIT WORRIES MĀORI LEADERS
Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending.
They say it was overkill that armed officers in Hamilton at the weekend stopped a car being sought for dishonesty offences and arrested a man for breaching conditions.
A bystander was so disturbed to see police officers - at least one wearing a glock pistol - arresting a man on a suburban road at the weekend that she filmed it.
Police said their actions were appropriate because there was a warrant for the man's arrest, and he had previously had guns on him.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/403260/armed-response-teams-change-in-remit-worries-maori-leaders
Māori leaders are alarmed that armed police squads set up to tackle serious crime will also deal with low-level offending.
They say it was overkill that armed officers in Hamilton at the weekend stopped a car being sought for dishonesty offences and arrested a man for breaching conditions.
A bystander was so disturbed to see police officers - at least one wearing a glock pistol - arresting a man on a suburban road at the weekend that she filmed it.
Police said their actions were appropriate because there was a warrant for the man's arrest, and he had previously had guns on him.....
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-manu-korihi/403260/armed-response-teams-change-in-remit-worries-maori-leaders