Police
Frontline police officers often doing job of health services - union
The Police Minister and the Union are united in their view, that frontline officers are too often doing the job of health services. More and more, officers are responding to mental health callouts… Audio
Scammers sell goods on Facebook Marketplace
Palmerston North police are investigating after a man stole four e-scooters off the roadside, painted them black and then sold them on Facebook Marketplace.
The victim who purchased the scooters for… Audio
Police investigating themselves after man's death in custody
Police are investigating the death of a man who was found unresponsive whilst in police custody in Auckland.
Rescue victim 'should buy a Lotto ticket' - Coastguard
The Coastguard says a man who was rescued when a wave crashed over a fishing boat off the Waikato coast should buy a Lotto ticket.
Man dies after report of assault in Hastings
Police have launched a homicide investigation after a man died at an address in Hastings overnight.
Shopkeeper in critical condition after Porirua assault
A shopkeeper is in critical condition after a serious assault in Porirua's central shopping area.
Police searching for Auckland man missing almost a month
Police are asking for help to find missing Auckland man Craig McDowall, who has been missing for almost a month.
Police association, lawyer want new tasers rolled out ahead of body cameras
Not having cameras did not reduce the risk of offenders and police still needed a "less-than-lethal" form of protection, the police association says.
'This is not the culture': Student president condemns eel and duck hazing rituals
A student leader says hazing rituals that involve live ducks and eels are "completely unacceptable". Audio
New Windsor dairy stabbing: Man remanded in custody
A 24-year-old man has been remanded in custody after being charged over the stabbing at an Auckland dairy yesterday.
Police to roll out new longer range tasers - with no body cameras
Police are rolling out $30 million of new much-longer-range tasers - without first answering legal questions about the use of body-worn cameras to go with them.
Police don't believe incidents targeting Te Pāti Māori candidate are racially motivated
Police are investigating behaviour targeted at Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke - but do not believe the incidents are racially motivated or coordinated.
Police want to trace three cars in connection with missing Auckland man
Police searching for Dylan Barford relase details of motorway CCTV footage as they seek drivers of three vehicles.
Police bias: Judge rules two Māori men profiled in stop
Serious charges against two young Māori brothers stopped and searched by police because they looked like gang members have been dismissed, and the officers' actions condemned.
Police trial DNA tool for two high-profile cold case murders
Forensic Investigative Genetic Genealogy testing is being trialled in a bid to solve the murder cases of Mellory Manning and Alicia O'Reilly.
New police visual search tech not assessed for privacy impacts
Police have not assessed the privacy impacts of their powerful new visual intelligence app.
Research into police bias looks at recruit training
Researchers looking into bias among police have followed a wing of recruits through training.
Democracy activist Ahmed Zaoui arrested at gunpoint
The Algerian democracy activist and New Zealand citizen Ahmed Zaoui, has been arrested at gunpoint by Algerian security forces after making public comment about human rights violations.
Lawyer… Audio
The number of bail breaches 'not manageable', police say
An internal police review of bail finds its system "far under-estimating" the proportion of high risk offenders.
Police spending millions to fix glaring tech deficiencies
The New Zealand Police has been spending millions on its main technology system in the face of glaring deficiencies, while at the same time adding in high-tech data-mining tools.
