Thursday 20 August 2015

Police confronted by armed offenders for the third time in nine days

“Police officers carrying out routine duties have been confronted by armed offenders three times in the last nine days,” Police Association President Greg O’Connor said today.

Mr O’Connor was commenting on the latest armed incident in Motueka when an armed man confronted police and was subsequently shot.

“New Zealanders need to understand that the days of New Zealand criminals being unarmed are well gone. On each of these three occasions, a police officer could very easily have lost their life. This is at a time when Police commanders are facing a funding crisis and are struggling to fill frontline staffing positions.

“It is not enough for Governments to talk about reductions in reported crime when serious violence continues to be a major problem in New Zealand society and is boiling over into incidents like these,” Mr O’Connor said.

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