Sunday, April 08, 2007

bazley report consequence

apart from spelling her name correctly, another rape has come to light. it seems our police force might be the biggest group of rapists in the country. it seems a woman had her rape complaint ignored by the police. it seems that howard broad's [the commissioner of police] apology has yet to encompass all that it should. the charge that had been ignored by the police was looked at some years later but the man who was accused was let off because of the time that had lapsed and of course the medical evidence was missing. Herbet-Savage [the woman concerned] is definitely looking for compensation, about $500,000. she intends to speak with louise nicholas about it too. it seems there is hope for this case as there is support from the bazley report. something needs to be done about a force in disarray. the public loss of public confidence is very harmful. someone somewhere needs to come up with a formula for addressing this issue. it needs sorting, and quickly. the mike moreu cartoon is to the point.

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Saturday, April 07, 2007

bazely report

i am sitting here listening to 'eye to eye' which is a look at issues in nz from a maori perspective. they are discussing the 'bazely report' on police behaviour and culture. quite interesting from the differing perspectives. the commissioner seems to be walking a very tight line. he has the pm to placate as well as the public. rana waitai [top cop] is definitely maori in his outlook. nice to see that he will stand up to the commissioner [broad]. listening to the boss of women's refuge, it is easy to tell that women might not be happy with the report [doesn't go far enough in terms of what they should actually do]. broad reckons it is his task to fix it up.
we need an independent body to look into the culture and practises of the police. we need an independent body to investigate issues that arise re the police. we need good men.

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