1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:03,360 Speaker 1: Police Commissioner Richard Chambers set out new twenty twenty six targets. 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,880 Speaker 1: This is to lift public trust in police. He wants 3 00:00:05,920 --> 00:00:09,159 Speaker 1: eighty percent confidence in the force, eighty percent satisfaction and 4 00:00:09,240 --> 00:00:11,360 Speaker 1: how they deal with the public, and a fifteen percent 5 00:00:11,400 --> 00:00:14,320 Speaker 1: drop in public violence and retail crime. Steve, what is 6 00:00:14,360 --> 00:00:16,599 Speaker 1: Police Association President with me this morning? Steve? 7 00:00:16,640 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 2: Good morning, Maudena, Thanks for having me, But so a 8 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:20,239 Speaker 2: bit of. 9 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:23,119 Speaker 1: A jump that's needed. Sixty nine percent currently trust and 10 00:00:23,160 --> 00:00:24,840 Speaker 1: confidence in police? Can you do that? 11 00:00:24,920 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 2: Do you Reckon? Oh? Look, we absolutely can. And it's 12 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,159 Speaker 2: good to have goals and set challenges. I mean, who 13 00:00:32,200 --> 00:00:36,800 Speaker 2: wouldn't want to achieve eighty percent of New Zealanders having 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:38,879 Speaker 2: trust and confidence in the police. It's something that we 15 00:00:38,960 --> 00:00:41,880 Speaker 2: all strive for. What we need to know is sort 16 00:00:41,920 --> 00:00:45,600 Speaker 2: of the detail behind that. Our members want to know. 17 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 2: How are we going to get there? What's the details 18 00:00:47,880 --> 00:00:49,120 Speaker 2: that's what's lacking at the moment. 19 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 1: Must be a bit frustrating for frontline because it's actually 20 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:55,360 Speaker 1: top brasss that's been doing more damage than they have. 21 00:00:56,800 --> 00:00:59,160 Speaker 2: Yeah, it's important to note that our members are doing 22 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:02,720 Speaker 2: it pretty tough there at the moment. They're facing ridicule 23 00:01:02,760 --> 00:01:05,800 Speaker 2: from the public as a result of what's happened out 24 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 2: of the mixicim in case, and that's really tough on 25 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:11,520 Speaker 2: the membership. So you know, a focus has to be 26 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,479 Speaker 2: on them and building that trust, and focus on building 27 00:01:14,480 --> 00:01:18,520 Speaker 2: the relationships between the executive and the constaborary employees. If 28 00:01:18,520 --> 00:01:21,880 Speaker 2: we're going to have any chance of having these targets, what. 29 00:01:22,000 --> 00:01:24,119 Speaker 1: Sort of ridicule are they getting. 30 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:29,920 Speaker 2: Oh, look, there's taunts out there from the public. There's 31 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 2: all sorts, really, but you know that is from a 32 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 2: limited few of the public. But our members are seeing it. 33 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 2: They are facing it. You know, we've got front facing front, 34 00:01:40,520 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 2: counter staff, one O five staff, ow can Stabburary out 35 00:01:43,240 --> 00:01:45,920 Speaker 2: there on the beat. They're all suffering a bit of 36 00:01:45,959 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 2: taunting and a bit of a bit of jib as 37 00:01:48,160 --> 00:01:48,680 Speaker 2: a result of this. 38 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:51,000 Speaker 1: It sucks. There's always going to be a portion of 39 00:01:51,040 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: society who will never trust police no matter what you do. 40 00:01:53,960 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 2: Right there is that to consider, and you know, not 41 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:02,720 Speaker 2: everyone's happy with us and what we do, but ultimately 42 00:02:02,760 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 2: it's about getting out there, you getting into those crimes, 43 00:02:06,640 --> 00:02:09,560 Speaker 2: you stopping those burglaries. That's where we build the trust 44 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:11,880 Speaker 2: and confidence, and that's where the vast majority of New 45 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:16,760 Speaker 2: Zealanders see policing and that's where they build that trust 46 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:19,359 Speaker 2: and confidence from seeing what our members are doing out 47 00:02:19,400 --> 00:02:20,120 Speaker 2: there every day. 48 00:02:20,760 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: Part of the problem I think for police as being 49 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:27,040 Speaker 1: actually the justice system. So you guys have been holding 50 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:28,600 Speaker 1: up your endo the bargain and then they go through 51 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 1: the justice system and it's a wet bus ticket. Is 52 00:02:31,480 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 1: that something that frontline offices actually find annoying? 53 00:02:37,040 --> 00:02:40,600 Speaker 2: Look, it is tough. We are seeing more people heading 54 00:02:40,639 --> 00:02:44,359 Speaker 2: to prison, more people heading to jail. We are seeing 55 00:02:44,960 --> 00:02:50,440 Speaker 2: some sentences that are that are appropriate and good, but 56 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,560 Speaker 2: there's still some work to do there in the judicial 57 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 2: system just to make sure that the effort that our 58 00:02:55,120 --> 00:02:57,840 Speaker 2: members are putting in is reflecting these sentences that are 59 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:58,520 Speaker 2: being handed out. 60 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 1: Appreciate your time this morning, Steve Steve Watt, Police Association President, 61 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 1: on those new targets that chambers are set for. More 62 00:03:05,440 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: from Early edition with Ryan Bridge. 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