1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:02,200 Speaker 1: It has taken a while. Let me put a positive 2 00:00:02,200 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: spin on this. I mean, it's taken a while, but 3 00:00:03,600 --> 00:00:05,520 Speaker 1: we got there at last. These move on orders clear 4 00:00:05,559 --> 00:00:09,320 Speaker 1: lines of responsibility and delineation for the police who want 5 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:12,639 Speaker 1: to to actually fix a problem that has existed basically 6 00:00:12,720 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: for far too long in our central city areas. And 7 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: as the debate bounces back and forth this weekend, it's 8 00:00:16,560 --> 00:00:19,560 Speaker 1: already started. Have a look at those who go where 9 00:00:19,600 --> 00:00:22,400 Speaker 1: do they go? They asked that because that's the easy 10 00:00:22,480 --> 00:00:24,599 Speaker 1: question to ask. Of course, it's the point scoring question 11 00:00:24,720 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: to ask. It's the question you ask when you don't 12 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: actually have to deal with the problem. The previous government, 13 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:31,840 Speaker 1: he'll be one of the people asking that particular question, 14 00:00:32,080 --> 00:00:35,559 Speaker 1: stuck them in motels and ruined entire towns like Rotorua. 15 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 1: They stuck them in social housing and ruined entire neighborhoods 16 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,960 Speaker 1: as the Agency Responsibleivic did exactly no one, despite anti 17 00:00:42,960 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 1: social and often criminal behavior and other words, they gave 18 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:48,920 Speaker 1: greater priority to troubled menaces than they did to whider 19 00:00:49,000 --> 00:00:52,920 Speaker 1: society that simply wanted to get on with life. Downtowns, 20 00:00:53,120 --> 00:00:55,560 Speaker 1: whether you're Wellington, christ due To or Auckland need help 21 00:00:55,920 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 1: and they've needed help for years. We're at lunch a 22 00:00:58,280 --> 00:01:00,280 Speaker 1: couple of weeks ago, Central City for a birth. The 23 00:01:00,320 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 1: drugged out woman screaming a head off on the bench 24 00:01:02,720 --> 00:01:05,880 Speaker 1: outside the restaurant was doing her best to ruin everyone Saturday. 25 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 1: The music in the restaurant had to be turned up 26 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:10,759 Speaker 1: so loud that you couldn't hear yourself talk. But what 27 00:01:10,840 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 1: was the proprietor supposed to do? What is any business 28 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 1: supposed to do when you have to step over the 29 00:01:16,760 --> 00:01:19,039 Speaker 1: down and out, the drugged out, and the violence simply 30 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,560 Speaker 1: to unlock your door. The apologists paint these people as harmless. 31 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,720 Speaker 1: They are not. They paint them as lost and wayward. 32 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: They are not. They are law breakers who cause disproportionate 33 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,160 Speaker 1: amounts of trouble to people who don't deserve it. As 34 00:01:30,160 --> 00:01:33,880 Speaker 1: a result of an apologists mentality, no one has known 35 00:01:33,920 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 1: what to do. But let me tell you this, But 36 00:01:36,800 --> 00:01:41,240 Speaker 1: like retail crime and Yaris's through Windows a few years back, 37 00:01:41,280 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 1: you remember all of that. Toughen up those laws and 38 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:46,640 Speaker 1: you will be amazed how quickly the problem gets solved. 39 00:01:47,200 --> 00:01:50,080 Speaker 1: For more from the Mic asking Breakfast, listen live to 40 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:53,279 Speaker 1: news talks that'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 41 00:01:53,320 --> 00:01:54,880 Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio