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This page last updated March 16
2005
2005-0310 - Green Party -
Inquiry welcome, but what about the rest of NZ?
new
March 16 2005
by Keith Locke MP - News that an inquiry has been launched into police
culture in South Auckland is great, but the rest of New Zealand should also
be included, Green Police Spokesman Keith Locke says
2005-0310 - NZ Parliament
- Questions: Police culture
Nandor Tanczos: What is the Minister’s view on the statements by the Tasman
district police commander to the Nelson Mail last month that in the case of
Terrence Hunt, who was found by a jury in a civil trial to have struck John
Menzies with a police baton and a police torch, to have kicked him, and then
to have fabricated evidence in order to wrongfully prosecute and imprison
him, no disciplinary action would be taken and it was time to move on; and
what does that say about police culture?
2005-0310 - Manukau
Courier - Cop punished for arrest
by Andy Wallace - The Counties Manukau cop at the centre of an investigation
into police misconduct was disciplined four years ago for unlawfully
arresting a Manurewa man. ………..In 2001, Mr Solomona was disciplined by his
bosses after a Police Complaints Authority investigation ruled he had
unlawfully arrested Manurewa resident John Williams, 39, for trespass
following a minor incident on a train in October 2000.
2005-0310 - One News - Sth Auck
police inquiry head named
new
March 16 2005
The Police Commissioner has appointed Sir David Tompkins QC to oversee an
investigation into the culture of Counties Manukau police. ……….. Tompkins, a
retired High Court Judge, will be supported by Inspector Pieter Roozendaal,
the professional standards manager for North Shore Waitakere District.
2005-0310 - NZ Herald - Retired
judge to review 'sick' police culture
 NZPA - The Commissioner of Police Rob Robinson today
announced Sir David would oversee the investigation into the culture in the
Counties-Manukau Police District, assisted by Inspector Pieter Roozendaal
from North Shore Waitakere. In a
statement, the Office of the Commissioner said the investigation's terms of
reference were "to determine whether there is evidence of a police
culture that condones or encourages acts of violence or other inappropriate
treatment towards prisoners, suspects or other persons in the
Counties-Manukau Police District."
2005-0310 - Stuff - Retired to
judge to review 'sick' police culture
by Evan Pegden - Retired High Court judge Sir David Tompkins QC is to oversee
an investigation into South Auckland's police culture after a senior officer
was convicted of assault and a judge said the police culture was "sick".
2005-0310 - Newstalk ZB - QC
to oversee police investigation
Sir David Tompkins QC will oversee an investigation into what has been
described as a "sick" culture within Counties Manukau police……The aim
is to determine whether there is evidence of a police culture that condones
or encourages acts of violence or other inappropriate treatment towards
prisoners and suspects.
2005-0310 - NZ Police - Sir
David Tompkins QC to oversee investigation
The Commissioner of Police has appointed Sir David Tompkins QC to oversee an
investigation into the culture of the Counties Manukau Police District. Sir
David, a retired High Court Judge, will be supported by Inspector Pieter
Roozendaal, the Professional Standards Manager, for North Shore Waitakere
District.
2005-0307 - Dominion Post - 'Get
real' - police boss defends 111
But Te Puke woman Maggie Bentley ……accused the commissioner of trying to
sweep problems under the carpet.
"What Rob Robinson is saying, and has been saying all the way
through, is 'stuff the citizens of New Zealand'."
2005-0306 - Newstalk ZB
- Demonstrators claim police brutality
Opposition demonstrators who attended Auckland's Destiny Church Defend the
Legacy march yesterday are claiming they were subjected to police brutality.
2005-0306 - Sunday Star Times -
'Sick' police culture comes with........
by Michael Laws - (report to be
included)
2005-0306 - Sunday Star Times - Perf
payout on cards for guilty cop
by Rachel Grunwell - Taxpayers may end up funding a golden handshake for a
senior policeman who has been the public focus of an alleged "sick"
police culture in south Auckland……. A police source told the Star-Times that
Solomona told him he may retire through the Police Early Retirement Fund
(perf) scheme. "When he was stood down (from police duties over the
charge) he said `I'm not coming back if this is the way the department is
going to treat me'," said the source.
2005-0305 - Otago Daily Times
- Police and statistics
Editorial - Allegations of historical pack rape involving police officers are
still being investigated and the recent court case involving South Auckland
section leader Senior Sergeant Anthony Solomoana revealed police behaviour
Judge Bruce Davidson described as “disturbing” and “sick”. All of this comes down to a matter of
public confidence.
2005-0305 - Otago Daily Times - What do
you think of the police?
A string of police controversies has probably tarnished their image but not
really eroded the public’s faith in them ……Allegations of a a police culture
which promoted humiliating prisoners had to be investigated more and could
make young people question why they should respect the police, if the police
did not respect them
2005-0305 - NZ Herald - Sick
culture or living with stress?
Counties-Manukau Police district commander Steve Shortland is a cop under
seige. The barbarians have been at the gate of his Otahuhu HQ since a guilty
verdict on an assault charge was returned against veteran South Auckland
officer Anthony Solomona. To compound the problem, that verdict has taken a
back seat to evidence produced in court of some bizarre police practices at
the Wiri station during Solomona's tenure.
2005-0305 - NZ Herald -
Cop-scandal teens just want to get on with life
The
teenagers whose allegations have sparked an investigation into what a judge
called a "sick" culture in the police want to put the matter behind
them, says a man close to the group. Solomona was found guilty of assaulting
Angelo Turner, then aged 17, on the forecourt of a Manurewa service station
in February last year. He had been arresting him on a charge of breaching the
peace.
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