Relationship between NZ Police and Destiny Church
J Devere made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was partially successful.
From: J Devere
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please provide:
1. all correspondence between Waikato district police and Destiny Church (or programs, activities or similar operated by Destiny Church) relating to the Man Up domestic violence programme cooperation which was posted on the Waikato police facebook page on 4 November 2017 by a police officer who is also a senior member of the Destiny Church
2. copies of all internal correspondence including emails, briefings and reports between police staff in relation to the Huntly Proud initiative between Destiny and police.
3. details of any policies or advice to staff on managing conflict of interests which would be applicable in cases such as this
Yours faithfully,
J Devere
From: J Devere
Dear New Zealand Police,
I realized that I haven't received the normal acknowledgement email to this request- so am following up to make sure you have not overlooked it.
Yours faithfully,
J Devere
New Zealand Police
Hi,
I have forwarded your email to the appropriate department for their
response.
Kind regards,
Crime Reporting Line
-----J Devere <[FOI #6801 email]> wrote: -----
To: OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police <[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: J Devere <[FOI #6801 email]>
Date: 10/11/2017 07:09AM
Subject: Re: Official Information request - Relationship between NZ Police
and Destiny Church
Dear New Zealand Police,
I realized that I haven't received the normal acknowledgement email to
this request- so am following up to make sure you have not overlooked it.
Yours faithfully,
J Devere
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Please use this email address for all replies to this request:
[FOI #6801 email]
Disclaimer: This message and any reply that you make will be published on
the internet. Our privacy and copyright policies:
[1]https://fyi.org.nz/help/officers
If you find this service useful as an Official Information officer, please
ask your web manager to link to us from your organisation's OIA or LGOIMA
page.
show quoted sections
From: J Devere
Dear New Zealand Police,
This request was made on 4 November, and was due to be responded by 1 December.
I have now make a complaint to the Ombudsmen.
Yours faithfully,
J Devere
From: MCMAHON, Teresa
New Zealand Police
Dear J Devere
Thank you for your advice.
We are following up your request with the District to whom it was
assigned.
T McMahon
From: MCMAHON, Teresa On Behalf Of Ministerial Services
Sent: Wednesday, 6 December 2017 11:35 a.m.
To: MCMAHON, Teresa <[email address]>
Subject: Fw: Re: Re: Official Information request - Relationship between
NZ Police and Destiny Church
show quoted sections
From: CLEAVER, Leanne (Lee)
New Zealand Police
Mr Devere
I have considered your request under the Official Information Act 1982 and
after discussion with relevant parties within the Police, I can respond as
follows:
You have asked three questions:
1. All correspondence between Waikato District Police and Destiny
Church (or programs, activities or similar operated by Destiny Church)
relating to the Man Up domestic violence programme co-operation which was
posted on the Waikato Police Facebook page on 4 November 2017 by a Police
Officer who is also a senior member of the Destiny Church.
I have been unable to identify any correspondence between the above
mentioned parties which would pertain specifically to the parameters of
your request. There is no formal engagement between Waikato Police and
Destiny Church regarding Man-Up. We are aware of the programme and
supportive of any service providers who refer people to the programme.
The outcomes observed to date and the anecdotal evidence supporting the
transformation of people’s lives has also been evidenced first hand by
police personnel. This part of your request is therefore refused under
s18(e ) of the Official Information Act 1982 as the information does not
exist or cannot be found.
2. Copies of all internal correspondence including emails, briefings
and reports between Police staff in relation to the Huntly Proud
initiative between Destiny and Police.
I have been unable to identify any correspondence between the above
mentioned parties which would pertain specifically to the parameters of
your request. The ‘Huntly Proud’ initiative stemmed from a relationship
Police have with the ‘It’s not okay’ campaign. Again there has been no
formal MOU or SLA between both parties, however we do have a few police
persons who have been identified as and agreed to be champions within the
Huntly Community. Again there is no documented template used for this
process. This part of your request is therefore refused under s18(e ) of
the Official Information Act 1982 as the information does not exist or
cannot be found.
3. Details of any policies or advice to staff on managing conflict
of interests which would be applicable in cases such as this.
Please follow this link to access information provided to staff regarding
conflicts of interest:
[1]http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publi...
If you are not satisfied with my response to your request, you have the
right to contact the Office of the Ombudsmen and seek an investigation and
review of my decision.
Lee Cleaver
File Management Supervisor
Waikato District Headquarters | 12 Anzac Parade | Private Bag 3078 |
Hamilton 3204 | New Zealand
New Zealand Police | Nga Pirihimana O Aotearoa | Station: +64 7 858 6200 |
Ext: 54117 | [mobile number]
===============================================================
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
References
Visible links
1. http://www.police.govt.nz/about-us/publi...
From: J Devere
Dear New Zealand Police,
I find it highly unlikely that there is absolutely *no* correspondence as requested. For example, the Iwi liaison officer Constable Murphy, who is both a police officer and heavily involved in the man up church programme - there must be some email or reports proposinig the use of the church gazebo and police involvement in the event in Nawton (for example)?
If that is not the case please advise, otherwise I look forward to receiving copies of the emails.
Yours faithfully,
J Devere
Things to do with this request
- Add an annotation (to help the requester or others)
- Download a zip file of all correspondence
Offensive? Unsuitable?
Requests for personal information and vexatious requests are not considered valid requests for Official Information (read more).
If you believe this request is not suitable, you can report it for attention by the site administrators
Report this requestAct on what you've learnt
Similar requests
Policy and procedures for responding to OIA requests from FYI.org.nz
To New Zealand Police by J Devere
Details of police leaving firearms parts on dealer's lawn in Auckland
To New Zealand Police by J Devere
Number of Police Deployed to all Julian Batchelors “Stop Co-governance” meetings.
To New Zealand Police by A.Basham
J Devere left an annotation ()
Complaint to Ombudsman laid. There appears to be a theme of forgetting, overlooking, misdirecting etc from the police rather than meeting their obligations under the act.
Link to this