Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Police has welcomed today’s report into Police culture by the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) as providing a deeper understanding of where the organisation needs to focus its efforts in its drive to make Police a better place to work.
“A positive culture is fundamental to effective policing. How Police staff work with each other, and how we support one another impacts on how we serve the public,” Commissioner Andrew Coster said.
“We know we can do better. Over the past 12 months we have been working to tackle the negative cultural elements highlighted in the report. I am pleased that the Authority has endorsed our progress and that it fully supports our overall intent and direction,” he said.
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As some of you may know I’m currently working on a criminal justice documentary series.
And, as some of you (who have followed my work over the years ) may also know, I have at times been very critical of police actions and activities.
So .. with that background in mind let me just say two things.
1. The cry for the police to âget tougher on crime âand take an abrasive policing approach to gangs etc may sound appealing, but on any reading of the data history tells us that confrontational policing policies deliver more problems than they solve, particularly in the backlash creation of angry ,disengaged and violent offenders who end up living in expensive tax -payer run prisons.
National Party justice spokesperson Simon Bridges has accused New Zealand Police Commissioner Andrew Coster of being a “wokester” whose commitment to “policing by consent” is out of step with the law.
The claims were in response to Coster’s avowed belief that police need to engage with the community in a nuanced manner, which includes the wider principle of policing by consent. Coster has also recently said the police “can’t arrest our way out of the gang problem”.
But Bridges should know consent is a fundamental requirement for democratic policing. In the absence of public consent, we would have an occupying force, not a police force.
Source: New Zealand Police (National News)
Insights gained from a wide-ranging workplace survey will contribute to a renewed focus on strengthening Policeâs internal culture, says Commissioner Andrew Coster.
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Police and the Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) commissioned the staff survey to better understand employee experiences of Police workplace culture and to support an investigation by the IPCA into allegations of workplace bullying in Police.Â
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Results show 81 percent of staff agree Police is a great place to work, and most are comfortable with the workplace culture and feel it is improving.Â
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However, one in four staff reported they had experienced incidents of abuse, bullying behaviour or harassment and the Police executive says that is not good enough.