Tēnā koe Wes

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request below, received by New Zealand Police on 16 June 2021.

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 14 July 2021.

Kind regards, Michelle
Ministerial Services PNHQ

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From: Wes <[FOI #15805 email]>
Sent: Wednesday, 16 June 2021 11:06 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[New Zealand Police request email]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - NZ Firearms License Applications and Associated NZ Police Resource Pool

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Dear New Zealand Police,

I am requesting information regarding NZ Firearms license applications and the associated NZ Police resource pool. Please find details of the request below:

1. The total number of new firearm license applications (A / B / C / E / P) and renewal applications (A / B / C / E / P) over the past 5 years, broken down by month.

2. Total number of staff (Police or Civilian) allocated to firearms license management over the past five years, please break this information down by full-time / part-time / casual, Police officer or civilian and region.

3. Average time for a firearms application to be processed, from receipt of application through to approval or decline. This includes time administration, referee interviews, physical safety checks and background checks. Please break this down by A / B / C / E / P category application trended over the past 3 years. Time could be represented in days or weeks, whichever is easiest.

Yours faithfully,

Wes

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Kia ora Wes

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 16 June 2021.

Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.

Kind regards, Brittany
Ministerial Services PNHQ

 

 

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WARNING

The information contained in this email message is intended for the
addressee only and may contain privileged information. It may also be
subject to the provisions of section 50 of the Policing Act 2008, which
creates an offence to have unlawful possession of Police property. If you
are not the intended recipient of this message or have received this
message in error, you must not peruse, use, distribute or copy this
message or any of its contents.

Also note, the views expressed in this message may not necessarily reflect
those of the New Zealand Police. If you have received this message in
error, please email or telephone the sender immediately