Sophie Trigger
Senior Political Reporter at Newstalk ZB
Senior Political Reporter, @NewstalkZB.
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3 weeks ago |
newstalkzb.co.nz | Sophie Trigger
A police briefing predicts the Government’s target of 500 extra officers will be delayed until June next year. Police Minister Mark Mitchell called the goal “aspirational” but said efforts are on track. Recruit wings are being expanded to 100, with a new training facility in Auckland. A police briefing predicts the Government will not achieve its target of 500 extra cops until June next year — seven months later than the promised deadline — and assuming each recruit wing is full.
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3 weeks ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Sophie Trigger
One of the Government’s key law and order policies was to train 500 new police officers within two years in office. Photo / Mark MitchellA police briefing predicts the Government’s target of 500 extra officers will be delayed until June next year. Police Minister Mark Mitchell called the goal “aspirational” but said efforts are on track. Recruit wings are being expanded to 100, with a new training facility in Auckland.
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1 month ago |
newstalkzb.co.nz | Sophie Trigger
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon’s asked his Justice and Police Ministers to look at what more can be done to tackle methamphetamine use in New Zealand, which has nearly doubled since 2023.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Sophie Trigger
Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has asked his justice and police ministers to look at what more can be done to tackle methamphetamine use in New Zealand, which has nearly doubled in two years. Police data shows an “unprecedented 96% increase in meth consumption when compared to 2023, with consumption increasing across all sites”.
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1 month ago |
nzherald.co.nz | Melissa Nightingale |Sophie Trigger
Justice Minister Paul Goldsmith has pushed ahead with a proposal to change name suppression laws despite “strong concerns” from the legal community. The plan to give victims of sexual offending the power to deny permanent name suppression for their abusers has drawn criticism from those providing official feedback to the Government. Chief victims adviser Ruth Money supported the change, emphasising victim empowerment and agency.
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RT @mel_nightingale: MOJ recommended against moving forward with the law change, saying it would not help protect victims according to info…
The Police Association says a gang-patch ban in the home for repeat offenders will be “confrontational” and “intrusive” – and police do not have the resources for routine searches, via @nzherald https://t.co/DanRcvHhoJ
Ministers are being accused of deliberately dodging consultation on a new power to ban gang patches in the homes of repeat offenders - a clause added after the Select Committee process, despite Ministers being briefed in March - via @nzherald https://t.co/I3LvIRWk0Y