IR-01-23-25700
15 September 2023
Nikki Philips
[FYI request #23819 email]
Tēnā koe Nikki
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 14 August 2023, in
which you requested information on keeping ourselves safe funding.
My response to each part of your request can be found below.
How many New Zealand Police staff are engaged solely in the prevention of child
abuse? Sworn/unsworn. What is the breakdown of such staff per region?
Almost al functions across Police either directly or indirectly contribute to the prevention
of child abuse. These functions range from frontline public safety teams, policy,
prevention, strategy, and other operational programmes.
Most closely aligned to your query is the Child Protection Investigations staff, of which a
breakdown is provided below. While the Child Protection Investigations teams
significantly contribute to the prevention of child abuse, they undertake a wider range of
functions that may not be deemed as solely focused on prevention.
Police National Headquarters
180 Molesworth Street. PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140, New Zealand.
Telephone: 04 474 9499. Fax: 04 498 7400. www.police.govt.nz
TOTAL STAFF - CHILD PROTECTION
Incl. Special Child
Excl. Special Child
District
Interviewers
Interviewers
Northland
22.5
21.5
Waitemata
18.5
18.5
Auckland City
16
13
Counties Manukau
38
35
Waikato
25
24.7
Bay of Plenty
34.3
34.3
Eastern
15.5
15.5
Central
25
25
Wel ington
26
22
Tasman
6.5
5.5
Canterbury
43
39
Southern
10.5
9.5
PNHQ
2.7
2.7
Total
283.5
266.2
What is that as a percentage of all New Zealand Police staff?
The Child Protection Investigations team above make up roughly 1.7% of al New
Zealand Police staff. However, as previously discussed almost al functions across
New Zealand Police either directly or indirectly contribute to the prevention of child abuse.
How much funding has been allocated to “Keeping Ourselves Safe” program?
How much staffing?
There is no specified funding for the Keeping Ourselves Safe programme on an annual
basis and delivery is part of a suite of programmes and activity funded by Police as part
of Police’s commitment to Youth Harm and Victimisation prevention and Prevention First.
Police has approximately 88-90 School Community Officers who are assigned to work
with students, school staff, Board of Trustees, parents, and their communities. The actual
allocation of Police time to Keeping Ourselves Safe (KOS) programme delivery is
determined by school request, Police availability to deliver within their suite of
programmes, and Police redeployment to other policing duties.
What schools have had Keeping Ourselves Safe visits in the past 5 years?
How many schools? Which schools?
Please refer to the attached spreadsheet (Appendix 1) for details on what schools
Police has visited over the past four financial years. Changes in the way we capture data
means we only have accurate, consistent, and quality data sets for the past four years
rather than the past five years as requested.
Over this four-year period, 977 unique schools have been engaged through 24,674
sessions.
Nāku noa, nā
Superintendent Phil Taikato
Director
Māori and Community Prevention Partnerships
Iwi and Communities