Squad picked for research into fair policing 03 Jun 2021 13:48 PM
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Māori tribal and urban leaders have been included on the independent panel led by justice reform advocate Sir Kim Workman that will oversee research on ensuring fair policing.
Police Commissioner Andy Coster says the Understanding Policing Delivery project will identify whether, where and to what extent bias exists at a system level.
It will initially look at:
- who police stop and speak to and how they engage;
- decision making around when and why use of force is justified;
- and decision making around charges.
“They (C40) will be looking at us to see if we are delivering on the programme,” said the mayor Phil Goff, towards the end of a 35-minute discussion on whether to remain in C40, which the council joined in 2015. Auckland is the only New Zealand city to be part of C40. “In a lot of ways, it would be more comfortable if we were not a member of C40,” Goff told the environment and climate change committee. “There would be nobody looking over our shoulder, no one stretching us, or applying discipline if we weren’t doing what we said we would do,” he said, adding that those were not reasons to step out.