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I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.

Your reference number is IR-01-25-7503.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 27 March 2025 unless an extension is needed.

Ngā mihi

Siena (she/her)
Advisor - Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters

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From: N. Dunbier <[FOI #30240 email]>
Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2025 11:37 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Body Armour System (BAS) Policy Document

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Tēnā koutou New Zealand Police,

On 8 June 2022, NZ Police released a list of policy documents that included a document titled "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy" [1] (reference IR-01-22-11586).

I would like to request a document that was supposed to be made available in the Police Manual Chapter "Uniform, Dress standards and appearance"[2] released in September 2022, but had been removed from that chapter and is now inaccessible. It's titled "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy".

Please release the following information:

1. If the latest version of "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy" is still in effect:

1a. A copy of the latest version of "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy".
1b. The date on which the current version of this document came into effect.

2. If the latest version of "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy" is no longer in effect:

2a. The date on which the latest version of "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy" became inactive.
2b. The document(s) that replaced "Body Armor System (BAS) Policy", if there are any.

3. The licence under which this information is released.

If possible, I would prefer that the information be released under a Creative Commons licence, such as the CC BY-NC-DC 4.0 licence used for Police Manual chapters released on the NZ Police website [3][4].

Please provide this information in an accessible, searchable format without a watermark.

If any information needs to be withheld from the document, please ensure this is not done in a way that makes the surrounding content (such as other content on the same page) inaccessible.

Ngā mihi,
N. Dunbier

[1] https://fyi.org.nz/request/19200-police-...
[2] https://policepolicy.nz/policies/uniform...
[3] https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-...
[4] https://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publ...

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Tēnā koe

 

Please find attached the response relating to your Official Information
Act request, received by Police on 27/02/2025.

 

Ngā mihi

 

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

 

 

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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