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Chris Cahill: Police Association President on tougher penalties for boy racers · Early Edition with Ryan Bridge

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  Speaker 1: So Mark Mitchell's promising to basically out crush the Crusher
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  Speaker 1: on boy races. If you're caught racing once and convicted,
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  Speaker 1: your car can be crushed or sold rather than the
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  Speaker 1: current three strikes law. Police Association president Chris car Hit
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  Speaker 1: with me this morning. Chris, good morning, Good morning, Ryan,
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  Speaker 1: lots to talk to you about this morning. So the
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  Speaker 1: first of all, Crusher actually only crushed three cars. How
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  Speaker 1: many do you think police might get with these new powers.
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  Speaker 2: Well, the one conviction rather than having to have three
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  Speaker 2: convictions under the current law should make a difference. Look,
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  Speaker 2: we've got to do something. These things are out of
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  Speaker 2: control them. They're not just anti social boy racing. These
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  Speaker 2: things have got to the point where the deliberately antagonizing
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  Speaker 2: police when they turn up, they're getting bottled, they're getting
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  Speaker 2: their cars rammed, and the public has had a goutsful
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  Speaker 2: of it when it's in their neighborhood. So I think
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  Speaker 2: it's where the try.
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  Speaker 1: The firearms registry. So actors are basically doing agree to
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  Speaker 1: disagree over this review. This talk of only saving two
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  Speaker 1: lives a year if we have a firearms registry. Does
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  Speaker 1: that sound worth the expense? I mean, is that what
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  Speaker 1: is that what you are hearing.
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  Speaker 2: Well, it's a ridiculous measure. She asked for this review,
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  Speaker 2: and she doesn't like the results, and now she doesn't
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  Speaker 2: want to listen to it. I mean, two lives. To me,
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  Speaker 2: two lives is worth it. But that was one incident.
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  Speaker 2: She forgets that actually the third life was the offender
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  Speaker 2: who took his own life. What about the two police
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  Speaker 2: officers that were shot at that incident, one suffering life
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  Speaker 2: change and injuries. These are just one incident. I can
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  Speaker 2: give you dozens where that actually take in firearms off
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  Speaker 2: the street because they've been identified through the REGIS chairs
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  Speaker 2: being supplied by licensed firearms owners to criminals. She's just
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  Speaker 2: upset that the results have actually been outstanding. And why
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  Speaker 2: would you do a review after one year when it's
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  Speaker 2: a five year limitation before this is up and running.
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  Speaker 2: It's just crazy that she doesn't like what she's hearing
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  Speaker 2: so she wants to stop it.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, it does sound a bit odd to be having
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  Speaker 1: a review, a review of a review which you initiated
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  Speaker 1: to Hey, the five hundred extra cops year basically a
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  Speaker 1: few from what I can gather a few months later
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  Speaker 1: than promised. We did actually know this a little while ago,
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  Speaker 1: but big deal or do you think they are genuinely
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  Speaker 1: trying here?
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  Speaker 2: I like they're definitely trying. They're trying really hard. Look,
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  Speaker 2: we always said it's an arbitrary date that you give.
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  Speaker 2: It's going to be tough. But I think what you
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  Speaker 2: have to look as longer term is this actually going
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  Speaker 2: to be a bigger problem. We know that a struggling
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  Speaker 2: to recruit, but we're also seeing attrition rise. I think
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  Speaker 2: you're going to see longer term some real concerns around
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  Speaker 2: whether police can get enough staff. Auckland is south Is.
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  Speaker 2: You know they've got like ten percent vacancies for constavorary
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  Speaker 2: staff right across Auckland. It's start become a real pressure point.
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  Speaker 2: It's a worldwide problem and I think we might be
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  Speaker 2: seeing it manifest itself in New Zealand.
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  Speaker 1: Now, appreciate your time.
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  Speaker 2: Chris.
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  Speaker 1: Chris Carhill Police Association President, with me this morning.
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