The People's Party says Aucklanders want crime sorted - no matter the cost.

A police dog latched on to the leg of a man involved in a Dunedin arrest but the patrolling pooch ended up sending one of the boys in blue to hospital.

John Key says he understands concerns about law and order - saying as a parent he worries about his daughter getting hassled or even raped.

A "king hit" punch crime will be established and speed cameras will only be allowed in blackspots and near schools, under New Zealand First policy.

COMMENT: Crime stats have grown with our population, while police budgets have been cut. The pre-election promises of more boots on the ground has begun.

Labour has pledged to put 1000 extra police officers on the beat in its first term to reverse a "surge" in crime.

Police Minister Judith Collins says it is "utter rubbish" to suggest crime is caused by poverty.

After working undercover in the drug and gang scene, retiring Police Assoc boss says he relied on rugby, possum trapping and the West Coast to sort out his head.

Dozens of potential Head Hunters recruits are turning up in Auckland each month for training, the head of the Police Association has warned.

The police file on TV3's illegal gun buy reveals a focus by detectives on Heather du Plessis-Allan.

The number of people charged with cannabis offences has fallen 60 per cent in the past six years - further fuelling calls for government

People using cannabis are "jovial" and punishing them won't stop them using the drug, says a New Zealand police officer arguing for law reform.

More than 3700 police staff have asked for work-related trauma counselling in the last five years - with a senior association figure

The Police Association says a double killer's conviction today for two cold case murders is vindication of their use of undercover techniques.

A group of police staff have given new meaning to the term "party police".

A man who died after his car crashed into a stream in Taranaki this morning has been identified.

No charges will be laid in relation to a crash late last year in which three Mongrel Mob members died when their car crashed into the Mohaka River.

Minister says New Zealanders want to know how gangs and violent offenders are getting hold of firearms.

Evidence given at a trial where a former armed offenders squad member was acquitted for accidentally shooting a restrained man has sparked an internal investigation.

Official documents have revealed how many police were involved in crashes in the past year.

Greg O'Connor will stand down from the top position, saying returning to a "beat cop" again is an option when his term expires next year.

More than 500,000 firearms, worth $242 million, have been legally imported into New Zealand over the past decade, newly obtained figures have revealed.

Editorial: The police have no real idea of how many firearms - legal or illegal - there are in the country. So poor is the record-keeping that there is not even a national register of seized guns.

Special report: Police Association claims police are being confronted almost daily by gun-wielding criminals

A demand to bring down the number of prosecutions has resulted in a new culture of not prosecuting unless absolutely necessary, the Police Association says.

The Director-General of the BBC is being protected by an elite squad of bodyguards after receiving a chilling death threat over the sacking of Jeremy Clarkson.

The family of a young man who died in a blood-smeared cell are looking to take legal action against the police.

There were several failures in the police care of a heavily intoxicated man who died after hitting his head more than 100 times while in a police cell.

Two Waikato police stations could lose staff or close after the completion of a review into rural policing in the district.

Police say a young female officer was repeatedly punched and eye gouged in the back of a patrol car while being driven to the station with an alleged drink-driver.