Police shootings will escalate as crime increases – SST

15th July 2016

"Talking tough on crime and actually getting tough on crime are two totally different scenarios and it appears the criminal fraternity have twigged to the fact that the Government has lost the stomach to make public safety its paramount consideration.” McVicar

Prepare for more police shootings as crime increases is the advice from the founder of the Sensible Sentencing Trust.

McVicar was commenting on figures released by New Zealand First that the number of offences recorded by frontline police has ballooned by over 40,000 offences every year since 2008.

According to figures released by New Zealand First Associate Police Spokesperson, Darroch Ball, raw data from frontline police operations shows that the number of offences committed has increased exponentially every year since 2008.

Mr Ball said “In 2014 the government changed the way crime is recorded so that the total number of criminal offences are not centrally recorded - nor are resolution rates.”

McVicar said he was very disappointed that the National Government, which got elected on a tough-on-crime ticket in 2008, had been apparently fiddling the books to make it appear that crime was falling.

“It is obviously no coincidence that the recent spate of Police shootings coincides directly with the fact that frontline police are in fact experiencing an increasing level of crime."

"The chart below is conclusive evidence of the increasing problem frontline police are facing on a day-to-day basis.”
Year K6 (closed confirmed offences) K9 (confirmed arrests) Total (offences)

2007 177,903 66,657 244,560
2008 180,177 72,347 252,524
2009 185,100 79,516 264,616
2010 183,752 80,598 264,350
2011 184,298 79,462 263,760
2012 150,812 78,448 229,260
2013 156,688 73,134 229,822
2014 201,123 69,917 271,040
2015 219,236 69,188 288,424

“Talking tough on crime and actually getting tough on crime are two totally different scenarios and it appears the criminal fraternity have twigged to the fact that the Government has lost the stomach to make public safety its paramount consideration.”

“More innocent people will become victims of crime and more police shootings of crimials will be the ultimate result.”

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