1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,120 Speaker 1: The crackdown on drug drivers is going to start today. 2 00:00:02,120 --> 00:00:03,840 Speaker 2: It kicks off from Wellington first, and this is the 3 00:00:03,880 --> 00:00:06,960 Speaker 2: cops Saliva testing the drivers for four drugs cannabis, meth, 4 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:08,240 Speaker 2: MDMA and cocaine. 5 00:00:08,240 --> 00:00:10,280 Speaker 1: Police Minister Mark Mitchell is with us home match. 6 00:00:11,160 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 3: Yeah, good one, you hear that? 7 00:00:12,840 --> 00:00:13,080 Speaker 1: Mitch? 8 00:00:13,200 --> 00:00:15,080 Speaker 2: Just can I just get your take on what's happened 9 00:00:15,080 --> 00:00:17,320 Speaker 2: in Australia. It sounds like it took the cops about 10 00:00:17,360 --> 00:00:19,040 Speaker 2: four minutes to get there, which I would have thought 11 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:20,040 Speaker 2: is pretty fast. 12 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,439 Speaker 3: Yeah, it sounds like the response was very quick from police. 13 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 3: But you know, just an absolutely awful situation to try 14 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:30,320 Speaker 3: and get control of and deal with. When you've got 15 00:00:30,360 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 3: multiple gunmen and you've got or you got two gunmen 16 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:37,800 Speaker 3: and you've got you know, large groups of the public around. 17 00:00:37,880 --> 00:00:40,560 Speaker 3: Is that you know, it would have been really confusing. Yeah, 18 00:00:40,880 --> 00:00:43,279 Speaker 3: certainly for those first responders. But look, just just want 19 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:46,239 Speaker 3: to send our heartfelt pres and thoughts to everyone that 20 00:00:46,320 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: was impacted on by this. We're being really busy this 21 00:00:49,880 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 3: morning making sure that we put measures in place that 22 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 3: our own Jewish community here can feel safe, you know, 23 00:00:55,600 --> 00:00:58,760 Speaker 3: protection around our synagogues, And I just want to give 24 00:00:58,800 --> 00:01:00,600 Speaker 3: a shout out to our own faith leaders here in 25 00:01:00,600 --> 00:01:02,640 Speaker 3: New Zealand, and I've been working very closely with since 26 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:05,639 Speaker 3: I became Ethic Communities Minister and of course Police Minister, 27 00:01:05,720 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 3: and the strength and the leadership that they've shown to 28 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,280 Speaker 3: prevent that sort of violence from washing up on our 29 00:01:11,280 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: own shores, because you know, we've at the moment we've 30 00:01:13,360 --> 00:01:16,440 Speaker 3: seen so much global instability and violence and we've got 31 00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:18,679 Speaker 3: to do everything that we can to prevent that from 32 00:01:18,680 --> 00:01:19,680 Speaker 3: happening here in New Zealand. 33 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:23,360 Speaker 2: Very well said, now, look on the drug drug driver's testing. 34 00:01:23,400 --> 00:01:26,760 Speaker 2: I love this, but at fifty thousand of these tests, 35 00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:28,399 Speaker 2: you're not really going to make much of a difference. 36 00:01:28,400 --> 00:01:29,560 Speaker 1: You're planning to scale it up. 37 00:01:30,640 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 3: We will scale it up, but we just the police 38 00:01:32,560 --> 00:01:34,880 Speaker 3: have to make sure that it's a new form of testing, 39 00:01:35,840 --> 00:01:38,120 Speaker 3: so it's important to trial. It's been trolled in Wellington 40 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 3: to make sure that that it is actually working and 41 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:43,240 Speaker 3: then of course it'll be rolled out nationally. 42 00:01:43,959 --> 00:01:46,880 Speaker 1: Brilliant. Really appreciate talking to you, Mark Mitchell, Police Minister. 43 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:50,240 Speaker 3: For more from the Mike Asking Breakfast, listen live to 44 00:01:50,360 --> 00:01:53,440 Speaker 3: news talks it'd be from six am weekdays, or follow 45 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:55,040 Speaker 3: the podcast on iHeartRadio.