Police Mental Health Withdrawal Plan In Crisis
Police have hit pause on a dangerous mental health withdrawal plan after workers warned patients and frontline staff were being put at risk.
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Police Bill raises serious privacy concerns
Filmed in public. Stored “just in case.” The Privacy Commissioner warns this Police Bill could quietly expand surveillance on everyday New Zealanders.
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If new move on powers aren’t a street intelligence program why not use body cams?
If it’s about safety, why no body cams? If it’s about protection, why does it feel like surveillance?
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More arrests for cannabis possession a reminder what a racist class war looks like
As cannabis use rises, so do arrests — but the real story may be about who gets targeted, and who doesn’t.
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There is no depression (or corruption) in NZ. We don’t know how lucky we are!
We never talk about what a fascist little police state NZ truly is. The NZ Police grew out of the…
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The NZ prison industrial complex continues to grow
Luxon calls growing prisoner numbers ‘a good thing’ as police target slips Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has declared the soaring…
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Life in Lock Down: Day 14
April 8: Day 14 of living in lock-down…
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GUEST BLOG: Arthur Taylor – No not all cops are “bad”
No not all cops are “bad”, but unfortunately too big a proportion of them are power trippers and let the uniform, car, taser, pepper spray, gun go to their heads. They let down all the good cops.
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Citizens vs the Rogue Deep State
Perhaps even more shameful than Police behaviour has been that of the Fourth Estate reporting this issue to the public. Search engine checks (and confirmation by Martyn Bradbury) have both confirmed that only the NZ Herald and Magic Talk radio have reported the outcome of this case and the Police backdown and apology. The Herald article is pay-walled and consequently of little use to non-subscribers.
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The secret closed trials of Soviet Russia. (And Aotearoa New Zealand)
Even worse is the realisation that it is not Martyn who is defending himself against criminal charges. It is the Police who are on trial for mis-using their powers by breaching a person’s privacy without due regard to the laws of this country.The police over-stepped and mis-used their powers of search and seizure. It was an illegal action, as Privacy Commissioner John Edwards stated with searing clarity, “that Police had collected his information in an unlawful way”.
