Law and Order
Increase police numbers, and recruit overseas police with experience in zero tolerance policing Ensure more police are on the street. Re-introduce community policing Early intervention for minor crime e.g. vandalism, disorderly behaviour, graffiti Review police practices, productivity and eradicate political correctness Establish special unit in IRD to audit the income of gangs
Target police resources on people who sell drugs to kids, and violent crime Increase funding for effective and evidence based drug education and treatment Support making private ownership of fully functional semi-automatic weapons illegal Investigate the benefits and costs of a low fee, centralised gun registration system and database Introduce instant fines, rather than criminal convictions, for adults with small amounts of cannabis
Labour will tackle burglary by targeting high-burglary areas Labour will continue to fund Maori Wardens and will introduce permanent funding for Pacific Wardens to develop and expand the Pacific Warden Programme Labour will establish a Commission of Inquiry into Organised Criminal Gangs as a means of establishing the extent of gang involvement in organised crime and ways to stamp it out Will pass the Criminal Proceeds Recovery Bill
Achieve a police-to-population ratio of 1:500 by the end of 2011 Take DNA from all convicted criminals Amend the Proceeds of Crime Act to target the economic base of organised crime Strengthen criminal non-association laws Ensure greater use of preventive detention for violent repeat offenders Introduce post-release monitoring with tough sanctions
Double the size of the police force over the next five years Prevent crime "at the source" and eliminate the reasons young people enter into a life of crime Trial roadside drug testing using technology currently available overseas Advocates the de-merger of the traffic officers from the police
Oppose the decriminalisation of cannabis and any liberalisation of other drug laws Enact legislation that make drug dealers an accomplice to any crime committed by their 'customers' Toughen penalties for driving while disqualified or without a licence, alcohol or drug-impaired driving, and driving at excessive speeds Allow drug testing of youth involved in crime, or admitted to CYPS care