Why do Vetting Requests take so long
Oliver made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Oliver
Dear New Zealand Police,
I am currently employed as a Youth Officer for my local district council and am responsible for the safety and protection of children and young persons when participating in youth activities after school and during school holidays.
This responsibility includes ensuring that my volunteers are all appropriately vetted.
It has been my experience so far that the vetting application, once submitted, takes up to four weeks or longer to come back.
I am officially requesting that you release to me the reason why this takes so long. Why in the 21st century, with all our ability to archive and collate and consolidate data with our current technology, is it still taking weeks to find out if someone has ever committed a crime in the last 7 years or a crime ever against children or young persons?
Also, is there a way that vetting requests can be fast tracked?
Yours faithfully,
Oliver
From: THOMSON, Raewyn
New Zealand Police
Dear Oliver
On behalf of the Commissioner I acknowledge receipt of your Official
information Act request of 2 April 2017. You requested information about
whether vetting checks can be fast tracked.
Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Official Information Act
1982.
Yours sincerely
[1]New Zealand Raewyn Thomson
Police Logo Ministerial Services Advisor | Ministerial Services | New
Zealand Police
E: [2][email address]
Police National Headquarters, 180 Molesworth Street,
Thorndon, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6011
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