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Official Information Act request - Enforcement and prosecution of offences what role does economics play in decision making

Grace Haden made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police

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From: Grace Haden

Dear New Zealand Police,

I am a former police officer ( ex police prosecuting sergeant ) and now work as a private investigator.
I have prepared many files for prosecution and handed these to the police providing all the evidence and the name and contact details of the offender, nothing is ever done despite the fact that these were generally serious offences namely fraud .
On my birthday I was going to rotatory at 6:45 in the morning, the only car on the road in an area which I thought was 70 KPH due to bad sign posting ( I am new to this city ) I was
pulled over by the police vehicle which came from the opposite direction and given a $120 ticket
I wrote in and was told that as the driver it was my responsibility to drive safely without exceeding the limit please pay by due date.
I left the police before police amalgamated with traffic and I now wonder why we damage the public cooperation of the police by enforcing the law to the letter at one end and totally ignoring the law at the other end. I know there is discretion so under the OIA I would like to know
1. what your current guidelines are for enforcing some offences usually quite monor ones and and ignoring others which are often far more serious like fraud .
2. What factors are considered in determining what to investigate and what not to investigate is it based purely on being economic?
3. blatant serious offences where the evidence is overwhelming are often ignored by police and called civil why are these not investigated and dealt with when the actual offence is one under the crimes act .
4. why are obligations on drivers who are driving safely and according to the conditions in an area which is badly sign posted greater than a persons obligations for blatantly committing a crimes act offence which seriously harm others
5. how many police prosecutors are there now who came up through the ranks and how many are lawyers who have never walked the beat .
6. What is the sallary for lawyers employed by the police , is it greater or smaller than that of a sworn prosecutor
6 please provide all documentation which relate to the economics of decision making for investigation and prosecutions.
Yours faithfully,

Grace Haden

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From: SEDGWICK, Alexandria
New Zealand Police

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Dear Ms Haden

 

On behalf of the Commissioner, I acknowledge your request of 10 June 2016.
You asked for:

-       What are the current guidelines for enforcing some offences
usually quite minor ones and ignoring others which are often far more
serious like fraud?

-       What factors are considered in determining what to investigate and
what not to investigate – is it purely based on being economic?

-       Why blatant serious offences, where the evidence is overwhelming
are often ignored by Police and called civil, is not investigated and
dealt with when the actual offence is one under the crimes act?

-       Why are obligations on drivers who are driving safely and
according to the conditions in an area which is badly posted greater than
a persons obligations for blatantly committing a crimes act offence which
seriously harm others?

-       How many Police prosecutors are there now who came up through the
ranks and how many are lawyers who have never walked the beat?

-       What is the salary for lawyers employed by the Police? Is it
greater or smaller than that of a sworn prosecutor?

-       Please provide all documentation which relate to the economics of
decision making for investigation and prosecutions.

 

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with the provisions of the Official Information Act 1982.

 

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New Zealand Police

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Teresa McMahon

Ministerial Services

Police National Headquarters

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