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The management of impartiality/bias within New Zealand Police Forensic Services

Sean Doyle made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

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From: Sean Doyle

Dear New Zealand Police,
What forms of impartiality, or bias as it is referred to by the New Zealand Police, and the management of that bias are integrated into forensic training for the Police in New Zealand?
What impartiality or bias related forensic training is offered to Police staff who provide forensic services?
What resources are employed in that training? Are copies of training materials available publicly? If so, where might they be found?
How often is that training updated? How is its continuing fitness-for-purpose (i.e., effectiveness, relevance and accuracy) assessed?
What processes and procedures are in place to counter the effects of bias in the work carried out by Police forensic staff? How is this monitored and managed? What reporting or audit is undertaken of these processes and procedures.

Yours faithfully,

Sean Doyle

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe Sean

I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 5 May 2023.

Your reference number is IR-01-23-13799.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 2 June 2023 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

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New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe Sean

 

 

I refer to your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request dated 5 May
2023, reference IR-01-23-13799.

 

The OIA requires that we advise you of our decision on your request no
later than 20 working days after the day we received your request.
Unfortunately, Police is unable to process your request within the
original timeframe due to the consultations necessary to make a decision
on your request are such that a proper response cannot reasonably be made
within the original time limit.

 

Therefore, Police is extending the timeframe for response by an additional
20 working days to 3 July 2023, pursuant to section 15A(1)(b) of the Act.
Police will provide a response to you as soon as reasonably practicable
and as soon as it becomes available.

 

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Ngā mihi

 

Leo

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

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Tēnā koe Sean                                  

Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 5 May 2023 .

 

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

 

Ngā mihi

Dylan

 

Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters

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