- There are 190 more people on the National Gang List and 80 fewer police officers on the streets than in November 2023 when Labour was in government.
- Police Minister Mark Mitchell says the National-led government is seeing success and there are many police officers in training to come through, but there is “a lot more to do”.
- Former police officer Lance Burdett says the gang patch ban will have the opposite of the intended effect, forcing criminals underground.
Wow. A failure to address the root cause of the problem has made the problem worse.
Which let’s them run the line at the next election about being tough on crime and only they are up to the task. Win win /s