Authority under law to carry firearms
Will Pope made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Will Pope
Dear New Zealand Police,
1) Under what legislation are Police officers able to carry firearms? Specifically, what enables Police to carry firearms where ordinary citizens cannot?
2) Is it theoretically possible for a B-endorsed firearms licence holder to be authorised to carry their pistol in the same way as Police? If so, under what circumstances?
3) Has 2) happened in the past? If so, under what circumstances?
I am a New Zealand citizen and resident in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Will Pope
New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Pope
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below. Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
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From: "Will Pope" <[FOI #12114 email]>
Date: 29/01/2020 08:21PM
Subject: Official Information request - Authority under law to carry
firearms
Dear New Zealand Police,
1) Under what legislation are Police officers able to carry firearms?
Specifically, what enables Police to carry firearms where ordinary
citizens cannot?
2) Is it theoretically possible for a B-endorsed firearms licence holder
to be authorised to carry their pistol in the same way as Police? If so,
under what circumstances?
3) Has 2) happened in the past? If so, under what circumstances?
I am a New Zealand citizen and resident in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Will Pope
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From: Will Pope
Dear New Zealand Police,
May I confirm that the response will be provided by the 27/02/2020 as required by law?
Yours faithfully,
Will Pope
From: SAXTON, Katherine (Kate)
New Zealand Police
Good morning Mr Pope,
Thank you for your email. I can confirm that a response to your OIA
request has been drafted by our team and it is now in the final stage of
executive and ministerial review.
We are working to progress this as quickly as we can however I am advised
that the processing time for this review is approximately 8 working days.
Many thanks,
Kate Saxton
Acting Principal Advisor: Strategic Development & Planning |
Response & Operations Group
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Date: 21/02/2020 10:01AM
Subject: Re: OIA Request Acknowledgement IR-01-20-2669 - Authority under
law to carry firearms
Dear New Zealand Police,
May I confirm that the response will be provided by the 27/02/2020 as
required by law?
Yours faithfully,
Will Pope
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Dear Mr Pope
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act (OIA) request
below. Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Act.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
PNHQ
-----"Will Pope" <[FOI #12114 email]> wrote:
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To: "OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police"
<[New Zealand Police request email]>
From: "Will Pope" <[FOI #12114 email]>
Date: 29/01/2020 08:21PM
Subject: Official Information request - Authority under law to carry
firearms
Dear New Zealand Police,
1) Under what legislation are Police officers able to carry firearms?
Specifically, what enables Police to carry firearms where ordinary
citizens cannot?
2) Is it theoretically possible for a B-endorsed firearms licence holder
to be authorised to carry their pistol in the same way as Police? If so,
under what circumstances?
3) Has 2) happened in the past? If so, under what circumstances?
I am a New Zealand citizen and resident in New Zealand.
Yours faithfully,
Will Pope
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New Zealand Police
Dear Mr Pope
Please find attached our response to your OIA request.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with a
response.
Kind regards
Ministerial Services
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If you don't receive a response by the end of tomorrow, I recommend you lay a complaint with the Office of the Ombudsman.The Official Information Act only allows time limits for requests to be extended for a few specific reasons, and none of these seem to apply for NZ Police's reasons here for not being on time with their response.
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