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Sunny Kaushal: Dairy and Business Owners Group Chair on the Govt's efforts to curb crime rates · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: Is some good news for us on this Wednesday. Violent
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  Speaker 1: crime has increased by has increased by two percent. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: this is not good news. Well, what do you say, decrease?
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  Speaker 1: It should be decreased by two percent for the first
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  Speaker 1: time since twenty eighteen. New police data shows ram raids
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  Speaker 1: down fifty eight percent, serious assaults were down one percent. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: retail crime itself has trended upwards with a twelve percent
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  Speaker 1: increased in theft. So Dairy Business Owners Group chairpis and
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  Speaker 1: Sunny Kashew joins you right now, Hello.
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  Speaker 2: Sunny, Cure Andrew, how are you good?
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  Speaker 1: So with the ram raids down and the serious assaults down,
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  Speaker 1: can we say that the tough on crime approach has worked.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a great beginning and a relief for retailers
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  Speaker 2: and dairy owners. As you know, they lived in fear
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  Speaker 2: every day for years, you know. And people are feeling
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  Speaker 2: the difference between the two governments, you know, a soft
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  Speaker 2: on crime approach versus getting tough on crime. So, as
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  Speaker 2: you rightly said, the ramblates are down. The the violent crime,
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  Speaker 2: which was increase fifty one percent between twenty eighteen and
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty three, has a first time for since twenty eighteen.
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  Speaker 2: And also the back to basics model in the policing model,
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  Speaker 2: it is working. As you could see now the aggravator
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  Speaker 2: robberies are popped and you could see Auckland CVD. It's
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  Speaker 2: you know, looks much safer than it used to be.
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  Speaker 2: And and here is also a difference I guess between
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  Speaker 2: two police ministers, you know, Ginny Anderson until twenty twenty three,
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  Speaker 2: who basically did nothing and it was all talks, but
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  Speaker 2: versus Mark Mitchell, who is making a difference. So but
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  Speaker 2: there's a lot more to be done. And I think
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  Speaker 2: there's a broad beginning.
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  Speaker 1: Could we argue that with the violent climb down, the
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  Speaker 1: ram raids down, the serious assaults down, those things that
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  Speaker 1: that has happened, But those bag dectors, those bad dudes
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  Speaker 1: are now actually going back to the old things. They're
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  Speaker 1: doing burglaries, that they're doing theft and they're doing shoplifting.
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  Speaker 2: Well, look, this will take time and also there are
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  Speaker 2: new solutions which would be required. You know, one side,
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  Speaker 2: police are doing good job operationally, it's making a difference,
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  Speaker 2: but we need to make sure that justice system also delivers.
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  Speaker 2: The justice system need to be overhauled. They need to
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  Speaker 2: get tough and there need to be consequences. You know,
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  Speaker 2: it's a time for a zero tolerance approach to crime offenders.
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  Speaker 2: Regardless of their age, they must face real consequences for
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  Speaker 2: the actions.
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  Speaker 1: Sonnay, thank you so much for your work and your advocacy,
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  Speaker 1: and I thank you for your time today, Sunny Kashaw
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  Speaker 1: from the Dairy and Business Owners Group for more from
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