November 29, 2022
Crime data on downward trend
Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern says Opposition complaints about rising crime aren’t backed up by the data.
She says while there has been a spike around retail crime, there has been no escalation across all types of criminal activity and no across-the-board increase in youth crime.
“Ninety two percent of retail offending is committed by adults. Aggravated robberies across some of these types is actually less than it was five years ago, so we have a particular problem that we are going in and targeting hard,” Ms Ardern says.
Many dairy owners closed their shops for two hours yesterday in a protest over the death of 34-year-old Sandringham dairy worker Janak Patel while last week.
Three men have been charged in relation to his death.
Cabinet signed off an additional package to support businesses yesterday which included, a $4000 subsidy for small shops and dairies to install fog cannons even if they have not yet been robbed.
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