1 00:00:00,520 --> 00:00:03,199 Speaker 1: Heather duple s Allen on the subject of crime. Tensions 2 00:00:03,200 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: were pretty high at a public meeting on inner city 3 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:08,039 Speaker 1: crime in Auckland last night. Over one hundred residents and 4 00:00:08,400 --> 00:00:11,440 Speaker 1: business owners turned up to hear the police Minister Mark Mitchell, 5 00:00:11,480 --> 00:00:13,200 Speaker 1: and some of it got a little heated. Ian Wright 6 00:00:13,400 --> 00:00:16,160 Speaker 1: is the Queen's Arcade property manager and joins us, Now, 7 00:00:16,160 --> 00:00:18,360 Speaker 1: how Ian, I. 8 00:00:18,280 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 2: Am good evening, Heather. 9 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: Were you there last night? 10 00:00:21,360 --> 00:00:24,760 Speaker 2: I was indeed that heat it No, I don't think 11 00:00:24,760 --> 00:00:27,200 Speaker 2: it was as heated. There was a couple of people 12 00:00:27,200 --> 00:00:31,640 Speaker 2: who were animated. But I think Police Minister Mark Mitchell 13 00:00:31,760 --> 00:00:35,360 Speaker 2: got a very good overview and a feel for the 14 00:00:35,479 --> 00:00:39,159 Speaker 2: environment that we've simply got a change and I think 15 00:00:39,200 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: it's some positive things happening, but there's a lot that's broken, 16 00:00:42,360 --> 00:00:44,480 Speaker 2: so it's going to take a little bit of time 17 00:00:44,560 --> 00:00:45,599 Speaker 2: to turn the tide. 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, how long do you reckon? 19 00:00:49,159 --> 00:00:53,040 Speaker 2: Well, we're seeing things, We're seeing things change now. I 20 00:00:53,040 --> 00:00:56,120 Speaker 2: mean it's a wider problem than just Auckland, CBD. This 21 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 2: is across New Zealand. We're seeing it in cities and 22 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 2: towns right in the country. The shoplifting, assaults, intimidation, drug dealing, 23 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:07,960 Speaker 2: ram raids, have crept in and quite frankly, the consequences 24 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,520 Speaker 2: haven't been there. The whole system's gone to soft. The 25 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 2: justice system needs a good look at and all those 26 00:01:13,319 --> 00:01:15,760 Speaker 2: sort of things are not going to change overnight. But 27 00:01:16,120 --> 00:01:18,360 Speaker 2: the police getting back on the beat and back to 28 00:01:18,400 --> 00:01:21,479 Speaker 2: basics policing, which is what the police minister was talking about. 29 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 2: And I'm confident they're heading in the right direction and 30 00:01:24,720 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 2: certainly we'll be pushing them to take action. 31 00:01:28,520 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, good stuff. Now, Mark mitchull reckons that the police 32 00:01:30,840 --> 00:01:33,440 Speaker 1: patrols are up sixty percent in about the last six 33 00:01:33,480 --> 00:01:35,000 Speaker 1: months or so. Have you seen more of them? 34 00:01:36,160 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 2: We have, although some people debated whether it was sixty 35 00:01:40,040 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 2: percent or fifty eight percent of nothing. I think the 36 00:01:43,880 --> 00:01:46,480 Speaker 2: police have a very tough job to do. There's some 37 00:01:46,520 --> 00:01:48,720 Speaker 2: great people in there and they're dealing with very difficult 38 00:01:48,760 --> 00:01:55,480 Speaker 2: situations and we need to support them. The police directive is, 39 00:01:55,560 --> 00:01:58,280 Speaker 2: I believe, to get more police back on the beat 40 00:01:58,640 --> 00:02:00,960 Speaker 2: and we'll be watching out for them as we desperately 41 00:02:01,000 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 2: need them out there. 42 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 1: So, now that we have got a few more of 43 00:02:03,520 --> 00:02:06,440 Speaker 1: these police patrols going on, have you seen a decrease 44 00:02:06,440 --> 00:02:06,800 Speaker 1: in chrome? 45 00:02:09,000 --> 00:02:14,679 Speaker 2: We still get ongoing issues, but certainly, we've got very 46 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:17,720 Speaker 2: good support from at the heart of the city led 47 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,520 Speaker 2: by Vivbec and there's a city wide security team here 48 00:02:20,520 --> 00:02:24,799 Speaker 2: in Auckland that are there when we need support. So 49 00:02:25,560 --> 00:02:29,520 Speaker 2: these arecidibus defenders is what the police need to concentrate on. 50 00:02:30,680 --> 00:02:32,120 Speaker 2: I had a group of them in the here today 51 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:34,760 Speaker 2: and we're talking to them about that very thing. So 52 00:02:35,760 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 2: I'm optimistic. We've got to make change. We can't sit back. 53 00:02:40,680 --> 00:02:42,640 Speaker 2: We've got to support the police and help them do 54 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:43,119 Speaker 2: their job. 55 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 1: The solution is the patrols. Isn't it more of the 56 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,600 Speaker 1: coppers on the beat that will actually solve a lot 57 00:02:48,639 --> 00:02:49,240 Speaker 1: of the problems. 58 00:02:50,600 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 2: Well, it's certainly going to help. I think there's probably 59 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,519 Speaker 2: things that are deeper within the police systems with the 60 00:02:57,600 --> 00:03:00,520 Speaker 2: IT and just their whole policies and proceeds. Is that, 61 00:03:00,960 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 2: no doubt the government's looking at that could be streamlined 62 00:03:04,160 --> 00:03:07,000 Speaker 2: and make the police's job a lot easier. For example, 63 00:03:07,000 --> 00:03:10,079 Speaker 2: when they arrest someone, I know it takes an inordinate 64 00:03:10,320 --> 00:03:12,840 Speaker 2: and obscene amount of time for them to process that 65 00:03:12,960 --> 00:03:15,800 Speaker 2: person that takes them off the street. And I know 66 00:03:15,880 --> 00:03:18,200 Speaker 2: there's a lot of mental health issues that they're trying 67 00:03:18,240 --> 00:03:20,920 Speaker 2: to push over to another area. So I think it's 68 00:03:20,960 --> 00:03:22,639 Speaker 2: a matter of looking at the system and blaming the 69 00:03:22,680 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 2: system rather than the people that are doing the fine 70 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:25,960 Speaker 2: job they do. 71 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:28,480 Speaker 1: Absolutely fair point. Hey, Ian, thank you so much appreciated this. 72 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 1: Ian Wright, Queen's Arcade property Manager. 73 00:03:30,840 --> 00:03:34,040 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, listen live to 74 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 2: news talks they'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 75 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.