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Law Enforcement

Beth Bates
Law Enforcement

New Zealand Police officer awarded for her role in protecting central Auckland from IED threat

June 13, 2024

Detective Beth Bates has been announced by the organisers of Women in Security Awards Aotearoa 2023-24 as the winner of the ‘Countering incivility and violent extremism’ category for her role in preventing a potentially major […]

Craig Stobo
Law Enforcement

Craig Stobo appointed chair of Financial Markets Authority

May 20, 2024

Commerce and Consumer Affairs Minister Andrew Bayly last Friday announced the appointment of Craig Stobo as the new chair of the Financial Markets Authority (FMA). Mr Stobo takes over from Mark Todd, whose term expired […]

FBI
Law Enforcement

FBI report designates 50 shootings in 2022 as active shooter incidents

May 1, 2024

A report from the FBI on active shooter incidents in the United States shows handguns and rifles as firearms of choice, and open spaces as the most commonly used location type, writes chief editor Nicholas […]

Mark Mitchell
Law Enforcement

Mark Mitchell: Strong direction for policing and law and order

January 7, 2024

Police will be given the tools they need to tackle gangs, youth crime, and violence, and resources to be refocused onto core policing activities, writes Police Minister Mark Mitchell. It has been an absolute privilege […]

Tactical Response Model
Law Enforcement

Trial suggests Tactical Response Model will make police safer, but what about the community?

April 9, 2023

A recent evaluation by the Evidence Based Policing Centre of New Zealand Police’s Tactical Response Model fails to identify evidence that TRM will make communities safer, writes Nicholas Dynon. In a 29 March media release, […]

Kimberly Cheatle
Law Enforcement

US Secret Service publishes behavioural threat assessment report covering five years of attacks

February 15, 2023

New report on attacks on public and semi-public places is tragically timely as the US rings in a new year marred by mass shooting after mass shooting, writes chief editor Nicholas Dynon. The 70-page report […]

Gun control
Law Enforcement

New Zealand’s Arms Act Reform: Buy-back is not an end in itself

February 1, 2020

Dr John Battersby of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies makes a sober assessment of the efficacy of the gun buy-back scheme, arguing that a starting point should have included identifying gun owners […]

Peace action
Law Enforcement

Peace Action Protest and the NZDIA Annual Forum: Is it irreconcilable?

February 20, 2019

Dr William Hoverd of Massey University’s Centre for Defence and Security Studies writes that violent protest needn’t be a perennial feature of the NZDIA Annual Forum. Dialogue is an important first step. This year I […]

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