1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:03,240 Speaker 1: Good news. Police are backing off a planned staffing restructure 2 00:00:03,240 --> 00:00:05,800 Speaker 1: following public backlash. Under the plan, you'll remember this, one 3 00:00:05,880 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: rural police officer roles would have been cut and twenty 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:11,160 Speaker 1: four hour policing hub set up on the outer cities 5 00:00:11,600 --> 00:00:13,960 Speaker 1: of christ Church. Now they say the more than one 6 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:17,000 Speaker 1: thousand people submitted feedback on the changes. Tony Hill is 7 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: the Canterbury District Command is superintendent and with us Hi, Tony, Hi, 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:23,479 Speaker 1: how are you? I'm very well gone so I know 9 00:00:23,560 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 1: you're dying to say it, so just get it over 10 00:00:25,440 --> 00:00:25,880 Speaker 1: and done with. 11 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:28,680 Speaker 2: But you owe me a coffee. 12 00:00:28,720 --> 00:00:30,720 Speaker 1: I do owe you a coffee because I bet you 13 00:00:30,840 --> 00:00:32,599 Speaker 1: weren't going to change your mind, and you changed it. 14 00:00:33,680 --> 00:00:35,560 Speaker 2: Well, you were quite convinced we were going to steam 15 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:38,040 Speaker 2: rollers through it. Did the whole time that we take 16 00:00:38,080 --> 00:00:39,360 Speaker 2: on this feedback and listen to it. 17 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:42,159 Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm sorry, Tony, I was far too certain of myself. 18 00:00:42,400 --> 00:00:43,599 Speaker 1: Now why did you reverse it? 19 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:48,040 Speaker 2: Well, they had me reflecting on the one for review 20 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:50,400 Speaker 2: the feedback and there was eight hundreds that come and 21 00:00:50,520 --> 00:00:53,280 Speaker 2: externally from our organization and two hundred from our stuff, 22 00:00:53,360 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 2: and it really had me reflecting on what it was 23 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 2: we were trying to achieve at the start and where 24 00:00:57,760 --> 00:00:59,360 Speaker 2: we were now, and a lot of the things that 25 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 2: we were trying to address were just organizationally we had 26 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:04,800 Speaker 2: improved on and particularly from the district our staff, we're 27 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 2: doing a great job and improving in some of those places. 28 00:01:07,880 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 2: Took around managing our demand, which brought into I started 29 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 2: the question the relevant and you know we're sort of 30 00:01:14,440 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 2: disrupting people and upsetting communities by achieving this that we 31 00:01:17,600 --> 00:01:20,640 Speaker 2: actually are managing to meet this through our current focus 32 00:01:20,680 --> 00:01:21,360 Speaker 2: on our deployment. 33 00:01:21,880 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 1: I mean part of the problem that you it was 34 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: coming from a good place, I think, which was that 35 00:01:25,720 --> 00:01:27,560 Speaker 1: you were trying to make sure that on the order 36 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:30,480 Speaker 1: and Rolliston, which are growing, actually had enough early stuff. 37 00:01:30,480 --> 00:01:31,560 Speaker 1: So what are you going to do about that? 38 00:01:33,120 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 2: Well, we still think we've got some positions that we've 39 00:01:36,480 --> 00:01:39,360 Speaker 2: already got in place out there that aren't affected by 40 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:42,000 Speaker 2: the restructure. We're going to get together as a team 41 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:44,920 Speaker 2: tomorrow and see what is the things we've got in 42 00:01:44,920 --> 00:01:47,840 Speaker 2: place now that aren't actually impact will require restructure to 43 00:01:47,920 --> 00:01:51,280 Speaker 2: achieve and keep moving on those with We're just mindful 44 00:01:51,320 --> 00:01:54,600 Speaker 2: and monitoring out how much we demand we have in 45 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 2: those areas and how are currently meeting that and we 46 00:01:57,000 --> 00:01:58,920 Speaker 2: are doing very well. And I think actually it's a 47 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:02,680 Speaker 2: testament to our stuff that despite going through the proposal 48 00:02:02,800 --> 00:02:04,760 Speaker 2: or for restructure, that they're carried on to do an 49 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: amazing service. 50 00:02:06,400 --> 00:02:08,880 Speaker 1: Is this a case where you think you can actually 51 00:02:08,919 --> 00:02:11,320 Speaker 1: cover on the order and Rolliston properly or are you 52 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,760 Speaker 1: going to need you know, without additional results or are 53 00:02:13,760 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: you going to need additional resource. 54 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:20,080 Speaker 2: No, we're definitely not going to need additional resource. And 55 00:02:20,120 --> 00:02:22,200 Speaker 2: what we have seen throughout this is that we know 56 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:25,519 Speaker 2: that we've got enough numbers to manage the demands in 57 00:02:25,600 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 2: the district. We just questioned whether we've got them in 58 00:02:27,560 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 2: the right places. But what we've seen from our people 59 00:02:29,720 --> 00:02:32,080 Speaker 2: is some really good suggestions about how we might deploy 60 00:02:32,160 --> 00:02:35,320 Speaker 2: to those to actually meet that without actually disrupting people 61 00:02:35,440 --> 00:02:36,040 Speaker 2: as their roles. 62 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:39,320 Speaker 1: Yeah, fair enough, Okay, so when are we doing the coffee? 63 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 2: I might hold that one over you for next time, mate. 64 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:46,840 Speaker 3: Why not make sure we get an easy interview next time? Tony, 65 00:02:46,880 --> 00:02:48,840 Speaker 3: Thanks very much mate, best of luck. That's Tony Hill, 66 00:02:49,400 --> 00:02:53,600 Speaker 3: Canterbury District Command is Superintendent. Look, I'm all about declaring 67 00:02:53,639 --> 00:02:56,480 Speaker 3: bias and making sure that people understand what's going on 68 00:02:56,520 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 3: So next time Tony's on the show and you think 69 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,800 Speaker 3: I'm going too soft, it's because of what just happen 70 00:03:00,880 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 3: is because I owe a mc coffee. 71 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:06,160 Speaker 2: For more from Hither Duplessy Allen Drive, Listen live to 72 00:03:06,240 --> 00:03:09,280 Speaker 2: news talks. It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow 73 00:03:09,320 --> 00:03:11,080 Speaker 2: the podcast on iHeartRadio.