1
00:00:00,040 --> 00:00:02,440
Speaker 1: Police officials are warning they might not be able to

2
00:00:02,480 --> 00:00:05,480
Speaker 1: meet the government's election promise to train five hundred new

3
00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,680
Speaker 1: officers by the two year deadline, which is November twenty

4
00:00:08,720 --> 00:00:12,120
Speaker 1: seventh next year. The Police Commissioner, Richard Chambers told Parliament's

5
00:00:12,360 --> 00:00:15,400
Speaker 1: Justice Select Committee he's refusing to lower the quality of

6
00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:18,000
Speaker 1: trade just to meet the target. Chris Carhill is the

7
00:00:18,000 --> 00:00:20,480
Speaker 1: Police Association Prison he's with us this morning. Chris, good morning,

8
00:00:21,239 --> 00:00:23,919
Speaker 1: Good morning, Ryan. How do you feel that to me

9
00:00:24,040 --> 00:00:27,240
Speaker 1: sounds like a reasonable response. I won't do this, rush

10
00:00:27,360 --> 00:00:29,520
Speaker 1: this and get just any cop on the beat.

11
00:00:30,680 --> 00:00:32,760
Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, at least he's been honest for a change.

12
00:00:33,440 --> 00:00:35,880
Speaker 2: We've always said it's going to be an incredibly big ask.

13
00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,160
Speaker 2: We didn't think they could. You need to recruit five

14
00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,400
Speaker 2: hundred officers a year just to maintain the status quoe,

15
00:00:43,520 --> 00:00:45,440
Speaker 2: just to deal with the numbers that are leading. So

16
00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:48,199
Speaker 2: this was going to require seven hundred and fifty a

17
00:00:48,320 --> 00:00:51,440
Speaker 2: year to get to that level. We said we couldn't

18
00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:54,880
Speaker 2: do it. Police said during especially during pay round negotiations,

19
00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:57,400
Speaker 2: they could. And so at least he's been honest and

20
00:00:57,480 --> 00:00:59,880
Speaker 2: we certainly agree you shouldn't lower the standards.

21
00:01:00,200 --> 00:01:03,240
Speaker 1: Does it matter if they miss it by six months.

22
00:01:04,360 --> 00:01:07,600
Speaker 2: It does have effect in that they've already moved staff

23
00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,080
Speaker 2: into new roles such as the beat staff across New Zealand,

24
00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:13,200
Speaker 2: and they've had to come from other roles that now

25
00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:16,399
Speaker 2: aren't getting done. So it does hurt other parts of policing.

26
00:01:16,480 --> 00:01:19,240
Speaker 2: But I'd still rather wait for six months they get

27
00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:24,280
Speaker 2: low standard and recruits. Yeah, yeah, longer in consequences.

28
00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,880
Speaker 1: Exactly and undermine all cops. You know what I mean.

29
00:01:26,800 --> 00:01:29,480
Speaker 1: Some funding apparently has gone to that was meant to

30
00:01:29,480 --> 00:01:32,039
Speaker 1: go to the recruitment has gone towards the orkand Central station.

31
00:01:32,520 --> 00:01:33,400
Speaker 1: Do you know anything about that?

32
00:01:34,840 --> 00:01:38,559
Speaker 2: Well, one, it shouldn't because one should be recruits, that's

33
00:01:39,160 --> 00:01:42,520
Speaker 2: personnal budget. Now there should be capital expenditure. So be

34
00:01:42,600 --> 00:01:46,360
Speaker 2: disappointing that that has happened. But if they have funded

35
00:01:46,440 --> 00:01:49,240
Speaker 2: some of the new roles so that they could backfill

36
00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:52,320
Speaker 2: some of the others, that would be valuable. But look,

37
00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:56,480
Speaker 2: there's a lot of issues with money and police and building,

38
00:01:56,640 --> 00:01:58,960
Speaker 2: so I think it's going to take a lot more

39
00:01:59,000 --> 00:02:01,680
Speaker 2: than just a few own recruits to fund the building

40
00:02:01,720 --> 00:02:03,080
Speaker 2: problems in New Zealand Police.

41
00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,280
Speaker 1: Chris, thank you very much for your time. I always

42
00:02:05,280 --> 00:02:08,640
Speaker 1: appreciate it. Chris Can'hill Police Association president on News that

43
00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:12,520
Speaker 1: the government, well, they may still meet the deadline. Police

44
00:02:12,560 --> 00:02:15,120
Speaker 1: they say they are going helpful eather to try and

45
00:02:15,160 --> 00:02:19,680
Speaker 1: do that, but there is a probably more substantial chance

46
00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:22,960
Speaker 1: they will miss it by at least six months. For

47
00:02:23,080 --> 00:02:26,040
Speaker 1: more from Early Edition with Ryan Bridge, listen live to

48
00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:29,359
Speaker 1: News Talks it'd be from five am weekdays, or follow

49
00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:30,959
Speaker 1: the podcast on iHeartRadio