The data for the following chart comes from StatsNZ.
Looks like New Zealand is becoming a safer place. Fewer crimes are being committed - of every type - that warrant imprisonment.
There has been a 39.3% decrease in sentenced prisoners since 2016 from 8,958 to 5,433 total offences.
'Unlawful entry with intent/burglary, break and enter' has seen a 44.5 percent decrease. Wow.
What a great result by the Labour government.
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Lindsay, these "Ram Raids" reminded me of William Goldings book "The Lord of the Flies."
This savagery is taking place in a world those of us of the older generation can no longer comprehend.
I suspect these raids are the evolution of that primitive rite of passage for the disaffected youth of yesteryear known as TAGGING. They have evolved into Bigger, Better, Faster, More. Its about leaving their mark in the most audacious way for others to aspire to. These thugs will be feted among their peers. I suspect the rewards are the kudo's and the contraband while important, takes second place..
I reckon the cost of the damage done, far exceeds the value of items stolen. In reality, as thieves, they are inept.
In a class of their own, Villain and Rogues of yesteryear will be turning in their graves
Hmm. Which is the only categories where the imprisonment rates have increased? Homicides and prohibited-weapons-related incidents.
Looks like activist judges at work, to me. They can't bring themselves to keep murderers out of jail (yet), and politically, prohibited weapons need dealing-to following firearms reforms.
For crimes like these you'd be lucky to get police to respond within a week, if they bother at all.
Another reason, this one demonstrates the incredible mess we are in:
On his final training shift, Leon was sent out in a police car with another new recruit who had also just graduated from Wing 322. Unsupervised, the pair drove around the city for an eight-hour shift.
“We were totally out of our depth. We were ducking calls and avoiding everything. We knew how to deal with the most basic things, like traffic stops. The problem is, if you pull over a car, there could be drugs in there, or someone with a warrant for their arrest. I thought, ‘Holy s…, I don’t know what I’m doing’.
“We were called to a dispute at Burger King, over an upsize combo gone wrong. We were standing there looking completely stupid, because we had no idea how to deal with it.”
https://nzpca.co.nz/broken-and-burnt-out-the-hidden-reality-of-being-a-new-cop/
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