Holiday Policing
Grant Carroll made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
The request was refused by New Zealand Police.
From: Grant Carroll
Dear New Zealand Police,
Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982 please provide me with the following information:
1) How many police were deployed on each shift in Whangamata, Waihi Beach, Raglan, Coromandel, Whitianga, Kawhia, Mt Maunganui, Queenstown and Wanaka on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st December 2022 and 1st and 2nd January 2023.
2) How many arrests were made in each of the above towns on each of the above dates.
I confirm that I am a New Zealand citizen resident in New Zealand.
Many thanks for your help with this.
Yours faithfully,
Grant Carroll.
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From: Ministerial Services
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Tēnā koe Grant
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 2 January 2023.
Your reference number is IR-01-23-404.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 13 February 2023 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Grant Carroll <[FOI #21504 email]>
Sent: Monday, 2 January 2023 11:12 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Official Information request - Holiday Policing
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Dear New Zealand Police,
Pursuant to the Official Information Act 1982 please provide me with the following information:
1) How many police were deployed on each shift in Whangamata, Waihi Beach, Raglan, Coromandel, Whitianga, Kawhia, Mt Maunganui, Queenstown and Wanaka on 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st December 2022 and 1st and 2nd January 2023.
2) How many arrests were made in each of the above towns on each of the above dates.
I confirm that I am a New Zealand citizen resident in New Zealand.
Many thanks for your help with this.
Yours faithfully,
Grant Carroll.
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From: Grant Carroll
Dear Ministerial Services,
As seems to be the case with most OIA requests submitted to New Zealand Police via the fyi.org.nz website the response to this request is now overdue.
Is there any indication when I might receive a response or is it just a case of me making another complaint to the Ombudsman??
Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Carroll.
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Grant
This OIA response is in the final stages of review and we should have it with you in the next few days.
I apologise for the delay.
Kind regards
Lisa MacKenzie | Advisor | Ministerial Services
Strategy & Partnerships |PNHQ
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Carroll <[FOI #21504 email]>
Sent: Thursday, 16 February 2023 9:53 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA request acknowledgement IR-01-223-404
CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do not click links or open attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content is safe.
Dear Ministerial Services,
As seems to be the case with most OIA requests submitted to New Zealand Police via the fyi.org.nz website the response to this request is now overdue.
Is there any indication when I might receive a response or is it just a case of me making another complaint to the Ombudsman??
Many thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Carroll.
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Tēnā koe Grant
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 request below, received by Police on 2 January 2023.
Your reference number is IR-01-23-404.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 13 February 2023 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Catherine
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe Grant
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act
request, received by New Zealand Police on 2 January 2023.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this
response.
Ngā mihi
Dylan
Dylan
Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters
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From: Grant Carroll
Dear Ministerial Services,
Thank you for the response to my OIA request but the information I requested has not been provided and like many responses received from the New Zealand Police to OIA requests submitted via the fyi.org.nz website this response is quite disingenuous.
The information I requested was to provide the number of police deployed on each shift in a number of centres on the days around New Years Eve. Apart from Queenstown, the information I have been provided would seem to be the number of police based in each of those centres working on particular days with a long explanation about how "staff from nearby stations will certainly have been working (or available to work in each of those towns". My request was for staff deployed in those towns not based in those towns so it includes the numbers of staff from nearby stations.
It is widely known that large numbers of police are deployed from nearby towns on those days and, for example, each New Years Eve approximately 80 to 100 police are deployed in Whangamata on New Years Eve so to tell me that three police were deployed there is quite disingenuous. There will be operation orders for policing in most, if not all, of these centres over this period and the numbers of staff deployed will be contained in those orders. It is hard to imagine that, for example, three police worked in Whangamata on New Years Eve and the other 77 to 97 just arrived in police vehicles from other centres and went to work.
I would be grateful if the information I requested could be provided otherwise another complaint to the Ombudsman is looming.
Many thanks for your help.
Kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Carroll
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Kia ora Grant
Police have provided you with the most accurate information available, given the challenges described in the response with capturing accurate data of the physical location of staff, at a specific site, on a specific day.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Kind regards, Michelle
Ministerial Services Advisor
-----Original Message-----
From: Grant Carroll <[FOI #21504 email]>
Sent: Friday, 24 February 2023 8:03 AM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: OIA response IR-01-23-404
Dear Ministerial Services,
Thank you for the response to my OIA request but the information I requested has not been provided and like many responses received from the New Zealand Police to OIA requests submitted via the fyi.org.nz website this response is quite disingenuous.
The information I requested was to provide the number of police deployed on each shift in a number of centres on the days around New Years Eve. Apart from Queenstown, the information I have been provided would seem to be the number of police based in each of those centres working on particular days with a long explanation about how "staff from nearby stations will certainly have been working (or available to work in each of those towns". My request was for staff deployed in those towns not based in those towns so it includes the numbers of staff from nearby stations.
It is widely known that large numbers of police are deployed from nearby towns on those days and, for example, each New Years Eve approximately 80 to 100 police are deployed in Whangamata on New Years Eve so to tell me that three police were deployed there is quite disingenuous. There will be operation orders for policing in most, if not all, of these centres over this period and the numbers of staff deployed will be contained in those orders. It is hard to imagine that, for example, three police worked in Whangamata on New Years Eve and the other 77 to 97 just arrived in police vehicles from other centres and went to work.
I would be grateful if the information I requested could be provided otherwise another complaint to the Ombudsman is looming.
Many thanks for your help.
Kind regards.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Carroll
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Tēnā koe Grant
Please find attached the response to your Official Information Act request, received by New Zealand Police on 2 January 2023.
Please accept our apologies for the delay in providing you with this response.
Ngā mihi
Dylan
Dylan
Advisor | Ministerial Services | Police National Headquarters
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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
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From: Grant Carroll
Dear Michelle,
Thanks for your reply.
Obviously, I don't accept that I have been provided with the most accurate information when, at least in most, if not all, of those towns significant numbers of extra police would have been deployed on those days. To say that there were challenges in capturing accurate data of the physical location of staff i.e. the number of police deployed in those towns on a specific day is quite disengenuous when there would have been an officer in charge of those staff in each of those towns who would have known the numbers he or she had at their disposal and there were almost certainly operation orders containing the number of staff deployed in most, if not all, of those towns.
I will make a complaint to the Ombudsman.
Yours sincerely,
Grant Carroll.
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