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Lance O'Riley made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear New Zealand Police,
I reside in New Zealand.
I would like to request the following information.
Numbers of all offenders who have been identified as participating in the following offences. Violent, Drugs (possession), Drugs (supply) by the following categories.
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence but not prosecuted.
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence and prosecuted
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence and resulted in a conviction.
Incidents of each offence which have resulted in a period of incarceration.
For each of these please also provide a breakdown of what ethnic or racial groups are involved in these statistics.
Yours faithfully,
Lance O'Riley
New Zealand Police
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear New Zealand Police,
By law a response to this request should have been received by April 08 and this has not yet occurred. Please respond and answer this request as soon as possible.
Yours faithfully,
Lance O'Riley
From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Dear Lance
I refer to your request of 11 March 2019 as below received through the FYI
site. You requested:
“Numbers of all offenders who have been identified as participating in the
following offences. Violent, Drugs (possession), Drugs (supply) by the
following categories.
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence but not
prosecuted.
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence and
prosecuted
Incidents of each offence which have been recorded as an offence and
resulted in a conviction.
Incidents of each offence which have resulted in a period of
incarceration.
For each of these please also provide a breakdown of what ethnic or racial
groups are involved in these statistics.”
Unfortunately, due to administrative error your request was not forwarded
to the Ministerial Services team to action.
Your request is now being actioned pursuant to the Official Information
Act 1982.
Your request is being considered urgently and we apologise for the delay
in actioning your request.
Ngâ mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
E [email address]
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From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Dear Lance
I refer to your request of 11 March 2019 as below received through the FYI
site. You requested:
“(1) The total number of times a firearm has been directed towards an
offender by Police.
(1,a) A breakdown of the ethnicity of offenders who have had a firearm
directed towards them.
(2) The total number of times that a firearm has been discharged at an
offender by Police.
(2,a) A breakdown of the ethnicity of offenders who have had a discharged
towards them.
(3) The total number of times that a taser has been directed towards an
offender by Police.
(3,a) A breakdown of the ethnicity of offenders who have had a taser
directed towards them.
(4) The total number of times that a taser has been discharged at an
offender by Police.
(4,a) A breakdown of the enthnicity of offenders who have had a taser
discharged towards them.”
Unfortunately, due to administrative error your request was not forwarded
to the Ministerial Services team to action.
Your request is now being actioned pursuant to the Official Information
Act 1982.
Your request is being considered urgently and we apologise for the delay
in actioning your request.
Ngâ mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
E [email address]
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear New Zealand Police,
Please provide an update
Yours faithfully,
Lance O'Riley
From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Hi Lance
Your request is underway and is being actioned with urgency.
Do you have a preferred timeframe for this request?
Ngā mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
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From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Good morning Lance
Your request is currently underway and has been compiled.
It is now being prepared for review.
Your request was missed due to administrative error which meant that it was not actioned at the time it should have.
This error has now been rectified. Our sincere apologies for the delay in your request.
Ngā mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah,
What is the status of this request? a response is now well and truly overdue and cannot reasonably be explained by an administrative error at this point.
This is a serious failing of your obligations under the Official Information Act 1982, s15(1). Please provide an update as to when a response can be expected.
Yours faithfully,
Lance O'Riley
From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Dear Lance
Please find attached the NZ Police response to your Official Information
Act request.
Ngā mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
E [email address]
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From: Lance O'Riley
Dear WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah,
Thank you for the response, however I am still awaiting a response for the request relating to details around offenders who have been identified as participating in violence or drug related offences, please note that this is the actual request you responded to with information from a separate request.
In addition I am still awaiting a response relating to information about the police and their response rate to OIA requests.
Yours sincerely,
Lance O'Riley
From: WRIGHT-MCCARTHY, Hannah
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Lance
The response to your request regarding offenders who have been identified as participating in violence or drug related offences will be released to you today or tomorrow.
The response to your request regarding OIAs is underway. I don't have a specific return date for you at this point but when this becomes clear, I will inform you.
Ngā mihi
Hannah Wright-McCarthy
Ministerial Services Advisor
Police National Headquarters
E [email address]
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New Zealand Police
Dear Lance,
REQUESTFOR INFORMATION
Thanks for your Official Information Act (1982) request dated 11 March
2019 in which you requested the following information:
“Number of all offenders who have been identified as participating in the
following offences. Violent, Drugs (possession), Drugs (supply) by the
following categories.
1. Incidentsof each offence which have been recorded as an offence
but not prosecuted.
2. Incidentsof each offence which have been recorded as an offence
and prosecuted.
3. Incidentsof each offence which have been recorded as an offence
and resulted in a conviction.
4. Incidentsof each offence which have resulted in a period of
incarceration
For each of these please also provide a breakdown of what ethnic or racial
groups are involved in these statistics.”
Please see the attached information in relation to categories 1 and 2.
Table 1 shows the numbers of offenders proceeded against for the
‘Possession of Illicit Drugs’ offences for the period from 1 April 2014 to
31 March 2019 broken down by method of proceeding, offender ethnicity and
12 month period.
Table 2 shows the numbers of offenders proceeded against for ‘Dealing or
Trafficking in Illicit Drugs’ and the ‘Manufacture of Illicit Drugs’
offences for the period from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2019 broken down by
method of proceeding, offender ethnicity and 12 month period.
Table 3 shows the numbers of offenders proceeded against for ’Homicide and
Related Offences’, ‘Murder’, ‘Attempted Murder’, ‘Assault’, ‘Sexual
Assault’, ‘Abduction and Kidnapping’, ‘Harassment and Threatening
Behaviour’ and ‘Robbery’ offences for the period from 1 April 2014 to 31
March 2019 broken down by method of proceeding, offender ethnicity and 12
month period.
In relation to categories 3 and 4 of your request, Police does not hold
this information. With a view to possibly transferring these parts of your
request, we consulted with the Ministry of Justice. The Ministry advised
that they also do not hold the information you are requesting. I must
therefore refuse your request pursuant to section 18(g) of the OIA as the
information is not held by Police and we have no reason to believe it is
held by another agency.
I trustthis information is sufficient for your purposes. If you have any
questions regarding this data, please feel free to contact me via
[1][email address].
If youare not satisfied with my response to your request you have the
right to complain to the Office of the Ombudsman and seek an investigation
and review of my decision pursuant to section 28(3) of the OIA.
Yourssincerely,
Obert Cinco
Team Manager - Reporting
Evidence Based Policing Centre
New Zealand Police
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