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Gang numbers up, police down a year on from law and order pledge (www.1news.co.nz)
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  • There are 190 more people on the National Gang List and 80 fewer police officers on the streets than in November 2023 when Labour was in government.
  • Police Minister Mark Mitchell says the National-led government is seeing success and there are many police officers in training to come through, but there is "a lot more to do".
  • Former police officer Lance Burdett says the gang patch ban will have the opposite of the intended effect, forcing criminals underground.
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[–] Mr_Fish@lemmy.world 14 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Wow. A failure to address the root cause of the problem has made the problem worse.

[–] hanrahan 10 points 1 week ago

Which let's them run the line at the next election about being tough on crime and only they are up to the task. Win win /s