New Zealand Police directive follows the trainwreck directives of California’s law enforcement. And we all saw what happened there. “Help yourselves thieves and brigands: Take what you want just don’t exceed the allowable quota of stolen goods”. Yep, that worked out so well in Cali, we’re going to apply it here in NZ. Great…except it kinda failed over there. MH
Sensible Sentencing Trust Slams Police For Dangerous Shift In Shoplifting Investigations
Tuesday, 27 May 2025, 2:03 pm
Press Release: Sensible Sentencing Trust
The Sensible Sentencing Trust is appalled by the disturbing reports that New Zealand Police have issued a directive to staff to avoid investigating shoplifting cases under $500, or online fraud under $1,000, among other crime thresholds.
Sensible Sentencing Trust spokesperson Louise Parsons condemned the directive as “an outrageous and dangerous move,” saying it sends the wrong message at a time when retailers are struggling under rising crime rates and financial pressure.
“The past five or six years, retailers have been hit with an onslaught of crime, and now they’re being told that crimes under certain thresholds are essentially not worth investigating. This is a green light to criminals,” Parsons said…Read full article here: Sensible Sentencing Trust Slams Police For Dangerous Shift In Shoplifting Investigations | Scoop News
Says Radio New Zealand:
The directive said that from 26 March the FMC was applying “nationally standardised value thresholds” when assessing theft and fraud files.
The value thresholds are – general theft $200, petrol drive off $150, shoplifting $500, fraud (paywave, online, scam etc) $1000, and all other fraud $500.
“When assessing files with these offences, you will apply the relevant value threshold and file any file under that threshold regardless of any lines of enquiry or IFA score.”
SOURCE: Confusion over how police investigate crimes like shoplifting after secret memo | RNZ News
HELLO NZ POLICE: CALIFORNIA WOKE UP! This directive FAILED in California! (See vid below) Do you guys not learn from the mistakes made by others? When did NZ go from being innovators to imitators? And imitators of failure at that.
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