1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: All right, Aukland's getting a police training facility. Currently one 2 00:00:03,279 --> 00:00:05,240 Speaker 1: of the cops have to spend twenty weeks of police 3 00:00:05,240 --> 00:00:08,560 Speaker 1: courage in Poti Rua, but the government yesterday announced a 4 00:00:08,560 --> 00:00:11,560 Speaker 1: new facility to make it more accessible. It's also supposed 5 00:00:11,560 --> 00:00:14,080 Speaker 1: to help with the target of increasing frontline police numbers 6 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,919 Speaker 1: by five hundred. And Associate Minister for Police is Casey Casella, 7 00:00:17,960 --> 00:00:19,520 Speaker 1: who joins you now, Hala Casey. 8 00:00:20,280 --> 00:00:21,239 Speaker 2: Good morning, how are you. 9 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:22,880 Speaker 1: I'm good. You have to wonder why it's taken so 10 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: long to have a second training facility in New Zealand's 11 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:26,320 Speaker 1: biggest city. 12 00:00:27,480 --> 00:00:30,360 Speaker 2: Yes, and that's it's been a process that being worked 13 00:00:30,400 --> 00:00:33,280 Speaker 2: on for a while. But it was the funding that 14 00:00:33,360 --> 00:00:36,640 Speaker 2: we've managed to get through. The five hundred police increase 15 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 2: came through last year. Was identified opportunities, was the plan 16 00:00:41,159 --> 00:00:45,440 Speaker 2: any opportunities to increase those police numbers with the target 17 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 2: and that's what they've done. 18 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:48,280 Speaker 1: How many can you train at this new facility? And 19 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:50,479 Speaker 1: is it residential like the potal one. 20 00:00:51,200 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 2: There is a small part of residential, so there will 21 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 2: be some that will be able to live in residence. 22 00:00:57,640 --> 00:01:00,240 Speaker 2: The big attraction is that there is a barrier for 23 00:01:01,240 --> 00:01:03,360 Speaker 2: the target demographic that we're trying to get, you know, 24 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:07,360 Speaker 2: those those sort of younger early family members that sort 25 00:01:07,360 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 2: of have got young families that are trying to get 26 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 2: them down to colleges. A big asque for twenty weeks, 27 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:15,240 Speaker 2: so there will be a mix of that. 28 00:01:15,760 --> 00:01:17,640 Speaker 1: Okay, Now, how are you going with the extra five 29 00:01:17,720 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: hundred numbers? How many cops have we got right now? 30 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:24,600 Speaker 2: So we've got ten thousand, one hundred and ninety three 31 00:01:24,880 --> 00:01:27,600 Speaker 2: I think as at the end of last year, So. 32 00:01:27,520 --> 00:01:30,560 Speaker 1: We turn ten thousand, one hundred and ninety three. 33 00:01:31,040 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 2: Well done, that's yes, So that's that's a little bit 34 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:37,440 Speaker 2: less than when we came in, which was ten thousand, 35 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:39,320 Speaker 2: two hundred eleven. But we've got three hundred eleven in 36 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:40,200 Speaker 2: college at the moment. 37 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: Okay, Well, back back in August, we had ten thousand, 38 00:01:42,880 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 1: one hundred and seven. Now you've got ten thousand, one 39 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:50,760 Speaker 1: hundred and ninety three. Back back in you know, back 40 00:01:50,800 --> 00:01:53,720 Speaker 1: in August of last year, basically you've gotten down one 41 00:01:53,760 --> 00:01:55,920 Speaker 1: hundred and four police, and the Labor Party was saying 42 00:01:55,920 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 1: that means you need six hundred hit to five hundred. 43 00:01:58,400 --> 00:02:01,560 Speaker 1: So where are you at with the five hundred extra police? 44 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,920 Speaker 1: Based on the base number. 45 00:02:04,160 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 2: Yes, that's what I'm saying. We've got three hundred eleven 46 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:09,600 Speaker 2: at college at the moment, so they'll be graduating. So 47 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 2: that's down there at noon. We've got another wing going 48 00:02:11,760 --> 00:02:15,120 Speaker 2: in another week's time, so the wing numbers are increasing 49 00:02:16,040 --> 00:02:20,240 Speaker 2: the June. We're aiming for the Auckland wing to be 50 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 2: around June, so we've got we've got more wings going through, 51 00:02:25,120 --> 00:02:27,919 Speaker 2: so we're still looking really good. And we've also got 52 00:02:27,960 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 2: a large number of the commissioners talking about yesterday, a 53 00:02:30,360 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: large number of cops that are wanting to rejoin, which 54 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:35,440 Speaker 2: the last figures I saw was about one hundred and 55 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:38,560 Speaker 2: twenty police officers wanting to rejoin. So there's a lot 56 00:02:38,600 --> 00:02:41,080 Speaker 2: of factors that we're doing in order to achieve us 57 00:02:41,200 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: and the home drivers that we've got really good recruitment pipeline. 58 00:02:44,680 --> 00:02:47,480 Speaker 1: Okay, good, and you believe you'll get to that five 59 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,799 Speaker 1: hundred target. If so, can you give us a date. 60 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,160 Speaker 2: Well, the date is November twenty ead of November of 61 00:02:57,240 --> 00:03:00,480 Speaker 2: this year as the date we have to achieved the 62 00:03:00,520 --> 00:03:03,200 Speaker 2: ten thousand, seven hundred eleven, which was our five hundred targets. 63 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:05,800 Speaker 1: Okay, we'll just start, We'll just write all these numbers 64 00:03:05,840 --> 00:03:08,320 Speaker 1: down so we're perfectly clear in the FOO in the future. 65 00:03:08,639 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: Ten thousand, seven hundred and eleven, currently on ten thousand, 66 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:16,640 Speaker 1: currently on ten thousand, one hundred and ninety three. Good luck, Casey. 67 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:20,200 Speaker 1: We want we wont I think people want cops? 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