Libertarianz Party
February 4, 2004, 14:52
Press Release
by Robert Palmer, Libertarianz Spokesman on Law & Order
Helen Clark's police inquiry is off to a very poor start
according to Libertarianz Law & Order Spokesman Robert Palmer. "
Asked if the commission would be wide enough to consider the involvement of
politicians, Helen Clark said there had been "no political role."
Palmer says this is just plain wrong. "Public confidence in the police has
been eroded more by the actions of politicians than by the rank-and-file
members of the police."
The culture of the police does not require a commission of inquiry, says Palmer,
just some honesty from government. "Can they ignore the results of the
creeping nannyism of the last forty years? Speed
cameras; quotas; gun laws; drug laws and any other number of victimless crimes
enshrined in law - the list just goes on and on. Taken together these laws force
the police to act against otherwise law-abiding citizens, driving a wedge
between the police and the public, and engendering a laager mentality amongst
the policing community. The
Attorney-General Margaret Wilson states that the terms of reference have yet to
be drawn up. Palmer suggests she should ignore the confused