The Independent Police Conduct Authority has found significant elements of bullying and a related negative culture exists within the police workforce.
IPCA chair Judge Colin Doherty said the negative culture was sufficiently prevalent to give rise to concern and pointed to the pressing need for real change.
Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
The IPCA published its 115-page report,
Bullying, Culture and Related Issues in New Zealand Police, today after a review that lasted more than a year.
The review was launched after an investigation by RNZ, in which almost 200 current or former sworn and non-sworn police staff came forward to reveal a toxic workplace culture, in which they said bullying was rife.
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Covid-19 coronavirus: The state sector bosses who ignored Jacinda Ardern s pay cut plea
5 Feb, 2021 04:00 PM
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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced last April during the Covid lockdown she and her ministers would take 20 per cent pay cuts for six months. Photo / Mark Mitchell
Ben Leahy is a reporter for the New Zealand HeraldBen.Leahy@nzherald.co.nz
One in five public sector bosses ignored the Prime Minister s example and declined to take a Covid pay cut, opting instead to continue pocketing their full six-figure salaries. Those who did not follow Jacinda Ardern s lead included judges earning more than $400,000 and chief executives with annual wages as high as $500,000.