Police Commissioner Andrew Coster.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
Coster wrote in the
On one side, they were panned for only learning of threats to mosques posted to a website used by extremists and white supremacists after a member of the public told them.
And on the other, there are reports of police approaching innocent young Māori, photographing them, collecting their personal details and sending it to a national database.
Coster writes these both speak to the question about what trade-offs to privacy the community is prepared to make in the interests of safety.
Criminologist Emilie Rākete said this was a ridiculous, false comparison.
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Costs of protecting yourself against crime must be tax deductible, says lobby group 23 February 2021 - 12:10 By TimesLIVE Anti-crime tech costs should be tax deductible, says TLU SA. Stock photo. Image: 123RF/prykhodov
High walls, security cameras, burglar alarms, electric fences, razor wire, armed-response services and home insurance: A lobby group has launched a campaign for all these expenses to be deducted from tax.
TLU SA said on Tuesday it wants a change to section 23(b) of the Income Tax Act, which prohibits South Africans from deducting security expenses from income tax even though companies can deduct these costs.
“Countless South Africans have been subjected to the gravest invasion of their freedom by becoming victims of violence,” said Henry Geldenhuys, the president of TLU SA.