Judith Collins says 'nice' Police Commissioner losing trust of front-line officers as she pushes for return of armed teams
“The police commissioner is wrong. He’s a very nice, pleasant person, but unfortunately, he’s a hell of a long way from the front line,” Collins said. She said communities were telling the National Party they wanted police “to be able to police the law” and suggested Coster’s problem was too much obedience to the Government. “The commissioner in my opinion has unfortunately lost the confidence of many of his frontline troops, and that’s a dreadful situation because he’s a very pleasant and nice and intelligent person – he tries his best. But you can’t serve the comm...