Vetted teenagers are more likely to commit crimes than their unvetted peers
Malcolm Lock made this Official Information request to New Zealand Police
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From: Malcolm Lock
Dear New Zealand Police,
Gun Control New Zealand recently publicly stated...
"Police have provided data which shows that people who obtain a firearms licence as teenagers are more likely to commit crimes than their unvetted peers"
Please supply the information that has been supplied to Gun Control New Zealand, or any member of Gun Control New Zealand that is known by the New Zealand police, for which they make this claim.
If Gun Control New Zealand or any known member of Gun Control New Zealand did not request this information, then please provide the information that Gun Control New Zealand is referring to.
Link to the document with the statement from Gun Control New Zealand.
https://www.guncontrol.nz/submission?xch...
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Lock
From: Malcolm Lock
Dear New Zealand Police,
Can you please acknowledge receipt of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Lock
From: Ministerial Services
New Zealand Police
Tēnā koe
I acknowledge receipt of your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request below.
You can expect a response to your request on or before 21 February 2025 unless an extension is needed.
Ngā mihi
Lisa
Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters
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From: Malcolm Lock <[FOI #29809 email]>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2025 4:54 PM
To: Ministerial Services <[email address]>
Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Official Information request - Vetted teenagers are more likely to commit crimes than their unvetted peers
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Dear New Zealand Police,
Can you please acknowledge receipt of this request?
Yours faithfully,
Malcolm Lock
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Oliver Lineham (FYI.org.nz volunteer) left an annotation ()
The original request was delivered to the Police mail server 2025-01-19 17:54 which responded '250 ok: Message 12059578 accepted'. This is the received time within the meaning of the OIA, regardless of what a downstream system at the agency (e.g. spam protection) may have done.
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