Arrest exemption
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From: Joseph
Dear New Zealand Police,
I reside in New Zealand and am seeking information about who can be arrested.
Specifically, if a member of Parliament (e.g the Prime Minister) is seen by a constable committing a crime, can they be arrested by said constable or do they have some sort of immunity?
Also, can an on-duty constable be arrested for a crime?
Yours faithfully,
Joseph
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From: FOXWELL, Holly
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Holly Foxwell, Ministerial Services
Police National Headquarters / New Zealand Police / Nga Pirihimana O
Aotearoa
180 Molesworth Street, PO Box 3017, Wellington 6140 [1]www.police.govt.nz
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Mark Hanna left an annotation ()
It's unfortunate that NZ Police have chosen to provide their response in an inaccessible format, particularly given they've chosen to include some lengthy URLs.
To save you having to transcribe those URLs from the PDF into your browser by hand, here they are as clickable links:
https://www.parliament.nz/media/4071/201...
https://www.parliament.nz/media/3990/sig...
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*Assuming the crime committed is an arrest-able offence.
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