Kate Hawkesby: The balance has tilted so wildly in favour of criminals, if you’re the victim of crime why even bother reporting it?

Early Edition with Ryan Bridge · Mar 27, 2023 · 3m

As crime looks to be a hot election issue this year I worry about two things, well more than two things, but let’s start with these two.

One - the lack of arrests being made and two - the top-down obsession from the police hierarchy with supporting offenders, not victims.

David Fononga, if you don’t know the name, is the Auckland man who went on a shooting rampage in West Auckland firing at Police. They fired back and he was shot dead. But here’s the thing about him – he’d breached bail a month before this happened, and never been arrested for it.

So among the many investigations and reviews…