Crimes in NZ reach new low under Labour

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https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/papaku...NVUSMELZ7HDTU/

Papakura High School burglaries: Police arrest and charge 18-year-old





Another Hypocrit / Gingerly Ginny series of Wet Bus Tickets to be issued for this ?

Or will it be a special Kelvin endorsed '"Pat on the head & be a good boy - after every past disadvantaged youth excuse under the sun gets trawled up" before being released to do some more of the same ?

It's disappointing people like yourself have such a poor grasp of basic civics, & must be so frustrating for the police who are doing a tough thankless job, when you criticise the Minister of Police & by association the entire Police force, about Court sentencing issues which they have absolutely zero control over.

The Police can only catch, arrest & charge criminals, then hand them over to the Courts for Judges to decide what to do with them.
Your beef is with the Judicial system & of course as most people know, Judges act independently of the Police or MP's or Ministers who must not influence their sentencing in individual cases.

Suggesting the Minister of Police will issue these culprits a "wet bus ticket" shows a complete lack of understanding of how our judicial system works & is ridiculous. All the police can do is present people who have committed crimes to the Courts & press charges.

I know judges want to keep these young adults out of prison if possible as once they get into that institution they are virtually certain to become career criminals & at some stage they have to be let out back into society.
It's not easy but sometimes if you give people second chances & even 3rd chances like current National MP Sam Uffindale, they are much more likely to turn their life around.