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NZ Police Directive titled 'Assignment Changes - Theft and Fraud'

M.R.M. made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

Currently waiting for a response from New Zealand Police, they must respond promptly and normally no later than (details and exceptions).

From: M.R.M.

Dear New Zealand Police,

Please provide me - through the FYI.org.nz website - a copy of the NZ Police Directive sent to staff in March 2025, relating to police's File Management Centre (FMC) titled 'Assignment Changes - Theft and Fraud', and saying the NZ Police would no longer be investigating allegations of shoplifting below $500 regardless of lines of inquiry as part of a new nationwide directive.

Also, if the following information request is not included in the abovementioned directive, please provide me with a copy of the relevant documentation with the nationally standardised value thresholds used to assess theft and fraud files (general theft $200, petrol drive off $150, shoplifting $500, fraud (paywave, online, scam, etc.) $1,000, and all other fraud $500.

Yours faithfully,

M.R.M.

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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police

Tēnā koe

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

Your reference number is IR-01-25-19467.

You can expect a response to your request on or before 26 June 2025 unless an extension is needed.

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

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