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Election 2020: What's the plan for law and order? Policies compared

Derek Cheng
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Senior Writer·NZ Herald·
11 mins to read

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In the 10-part series What's the Plan? The Herald's political and specialist reporters examine the big issues facing New Zealand and how the main political parties plan to deal with them. Here, Derek Cheng compares the policies for law and order.

Crimes, victimisations, gang members and policing numbers are all on the rise as parties jockey for the law and order vote this election.

But the broader issue is the call for widespread reform following several scathing independent , which say the criminal justice system is failing victims, offenders and Māori, while not focusing enough on the drivers of crime.

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