"It has been 2 months since the women at the counter had the gun shoved in her face. Manager Shabana Hakim & her 2 co-workers say they are traumatised & no longer feel safe in St Heliers....
5 doors down from where they were attacked by 2 men one with a gun another with a meat cleaver, - the community Police base has been shut.."
2 major Police bases in Ellerslie & Panmure will follow suit, plus another 27 more around the country in order to save money by the National Govt.
Would those jewellery store attacks happened if there was still a Community Police Station in Ellerslie?
This was from 2016 & the National Party who are supposed to be so tough on crime.
So going on past performance does anyone really swallow National's criticism of Labour being soft on crime.
National are prepared to say anything, even ignoring all the research, to win this election.
We know right around the world, where there's a police presence, a Community Station, there's a lower incident of street crime.
It took 20 minutes for the police to arrive at that 2016 St Heliers retail shop attack .
Prevention is a heck of a lot safer for communities than hot air about increasing penalties, which already stand at up to 14 years for aggravated burglary.
And judges already do take into account aggravating factors.
https://www.stuff.co.nz/national/cri...r-safety-fears