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Speaker 1: So it works underway to get our police force equipped

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Speaker 1: with body cameras. They're looking to options over the next year.

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Speaker 1: Apparently the policeman is to Mark Mitchell with us this

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Speaker 1: Monday morning, Morning.

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Speaker 2: Mate, Good morning Mike.

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Speaker 1: Is this a political decision, an operational decision or both?

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Speaker 2: No, it is an operational decision. And on the appointment

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Speaker 2: of the new commissioner, he was very clear that he

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Speaker 2: wanted to get feedback from the front line and start

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Speaker 2: looking at body cameras straight away, and that's what he's doing.

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Speaker 1: And when we talk about options like I mean, you

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Speaker 1: either do it or you don't. Doesn't it?

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Speaker 2: I mean?

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Speaker 1: Or are there are lots of options out there?

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Speaker 2: Oh, there might be different technical options out there. I mean,

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Speaker 2: we love as a government, we love technology. Last time

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Speaker 2: we're in government, we've had a huge investment into technology

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Speaker 2: for our frontline police officers to allow them to get

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Speaker 2: out of the stations more and do more work out

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Speaker 2: on the street. That was very effective. But they'll have

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Speaker 2: to look at the different technology options.

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Speaker 1: Are we a bit late to the party on this,

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Speaker 1: shouldn't our cops already have it in twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 2: Well, it is an operational decision. I personally like the

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Speaker 2: body cameras, but it is an operational decision for police.

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Speaker 2: But the commissioner, obviously, the incoming commissioner, said that he

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Speaker 2: had obviously a big focus on this. It's one of

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Speaker 2: the first things he spoke about. And so we'll wait

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Speaker 2: and see what happens they do in a review now

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Speaker 2: in terms of what the best options are.

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Speaker 1: Is it preventative and the reason they asked that in supermarkets,

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Speaker 1: we've seen it as preventative, but I mean some of

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Speaker 1: the stuff that the police would deal with is a

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Speaker 1: lot more elevated than you know, an outgrow robber and

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Speaker 1: a supermarket. Is it Will it actually make that much difference?

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Speaker 2: Well, I think it will. I think yes, it's been

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Speaker 2: quite successful in the supermarkets because people see a camera

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Speaker 2: there and they realize their behavior has been captured. And

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Speaker 2: it's hard to argue with what's or try and rewrite

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Speaker 2: history when it's actually been recorded. I like you, I mean,

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Speaker 2: I was to into a young consulate, was assaulted in

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Speaker 2: the Auckland CBD, you know, just to cowards punch someone

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Speaker 2: that'd come out drunk from the pub and that sort

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Speaker 2: of stuff. When it's recorded as compelling evidence, when it's

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Speaker 2: put in front of court.

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Speaker 1: I guess, so you got a timeline on this other

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Speaker 1: than sometime this year or next year.

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Speaker 2: That so the Commissioner I think, is indicated they're going

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Speaker 2: to take twelve months to work through it. So yeah,

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Speaker 2: it'll be it's more likely to be next year.

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Speaker 1: While I've got you on this discretion thing and you're

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Speaker 1: typing and you're swimming and all of that, have we

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Speaker 1: got to the bottom of this? Has this been sorted

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Speaker 1: once and for all or not?

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Speaker 2: Yes, we have. So the Commissioner has come out clearly

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Speaker 2: and stated that there will be no discretion around standards

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Speaker 2: in terms of the recruiting process. We fully completely support that.

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Speaker 2: Back under the previous coman I was opposition. I raised

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Speaker 2: this through Select Committee and I said, I do not

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Speaker 2: like the fact that you're looking at dropping standards in

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Speaker 2: a service and agency like the police, standards are extremely

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Speaker 2: important and must be maintained. So I was very happy

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Speaker 2: to see the Commissioner come out and be unequivocal about that.

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Speaker 1: Good stuff. Appreciate it. Mark Mitchell back Wednesday on the

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Speaker 1: program of Course the Police Minister.

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