Election 2023 - Police Policy
Labour
Spokesperson:
Ginny Andersen
Link to
policy here
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Ginny Andersen
- 300 additional Police officers, creating the best ratio of Police to population in modern history.
- Strengthened legal protections against stalking and harassment.
- Further crackdown on gang leaders and disruptive gang convoys.
- Review of reparation system, to speed up payments for victims.
- Read more here
National
Spokesperson:
Mark Mitchell
Link to
policy here
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Mark Mitchell
- Ensure that there will be a ban on gang patches and insignia in public spaces.
- Police will have the power to issue dispersal notices to anyone they reasonably suspect of being a gang member or prospect.
- Give police the power to issue Firearms Prohibition Orders.
- The Commissioner of Police will be able to issue a Firearms Prohibition Order (FPO) to any gang member who has been convicted of a serious offence.
- National will deliver an extra 300 frontline Constables over the next four years.
- Read more here
New Zealand First
Spokesperson:
Link to
policy here
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- Commit to recruiting a further 1000 new frontline police alongside the 2335 new frontline police we have already trained since the last election.
- Review Police pay and conditions with the goal of achieving parity with the Australian Police.
- Ensure that there is staffing available to eliminate sole charge police stations.
- Focus on crime prevention and working with the community.
- Adequately resource community policing including Maori and Pasifika wardens, and Neighbourhood Watch.
- Conduct an independent review on arming the police.
- Provide minimum mandatory prison terms for assaulting Police Officers.
- Read more here
TOP
Spokesperson:
Not yet available on their website.
Te Pāti Māori
Spokesperson:
Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
Link to
policy here
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Debbie Ngarewa-Packer
Rawiri Waititi
- Ensure fair, equitable and culturally competent police force, who are effective with Māori offenders and communities.
- Legislate the code of ethics for the police.
- Require police officers to wear body cams.
- Evaluate surveys of policing by high Māori population communities.
- Halve the prison population by repealing the Bail Amendment Act.
- Repeal the three-strike rule as it doesn’t align with a restorative justice system.
- Ensure gun laws reflect the responsible use of firearms to meet customary obligations.
- Ensure Māori who have been wrongly convicted have their convictions removed from their police record.
- Ensure Māori who’ve been publicly shamed for crimes they didn’t commit are pardoned.
- Read more here