The politicisation of the police force continues. A new process makes it easier to fire 'unsuitable' cops. The current Police Tribunal, which demands a standard of proof beyond reasonable doubt before sacking errant cops, will be replaced by a system "based on the balance of probability, and fairness." Margaret Bazley, a wildly overpraised bureaucrat who is neither an employment lawyer nor judge, and has no policing experience, much less as an investigating officer in Internal Investigations or Internal Affairs, says:
"the standard of proof was too high for dealing with employment matters such as poor job performance or misconduct."
It was one of the recommendations in Bazley's report, but the move was signaled long before the report's release. This (imo) was Helen Clark's intention all along. To be able to sack 'non-compliant' officers without fuss. Eventually we won't get a good police force, we'll get the cops that Labour wants. We can expect more instances of Clark's malfeasance going unchallenged because it's "not in the public's interest" to investigate despite there being any prima facie case to support prosecution. Who'd risk Helen wrath? The descent into corruption continues unabated.
This won't help police recruitment shortages. Standards will drop further. Who'd risk becoming a cop (getting regularly abused, spat at, assaulted, bitten, stabbed) when all your career efforts can easily come to nought when you're deemed unsuitable by an MP with a grudge?
And don't expect the biggest police bashers, our media, to champion the employment or legal rights of cops. Released quietly in the Easter Break, without fanfare, this disturbing development might overshadow the msm's lionization of their new hero - the lying exhibitionist slut, Louise Nicholas.
In many countries deprived of free-speech, journalists risk imprisonment, torture, and death to expose govt wrongdoing. Here in NZ, our ignorant hacks through omission and collusion, are actually abetting the slow death of law, integrity and govt transparency.
This won't help police recruitment shortages. Standards will drop further. Who'd risk becoming a cop (getting regularly abused, spat at, assaulted, bitten, stabbed) when all your career efforts can easily come to nought when you're deemed unsuitable by an MP with a grudge?
And don't expect the biggest police bashers, our media, to champion the employment or legal rights of cops. Released quietly in the Easter Break, without fanfare, this disturbing development might overshadow the msm's lionization of their new hero - the lying exhibitionist slut, Louise Nicholas.
In many countries deprived of free-speech, journalists risk imprisonment, torture, and death to expose govt wrongdoing. Here in NZ, our ignorant hacks through omission and collusion, are actually abetting the slow death of law, integrity and govt transparency.
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