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Steve Watts: Is the thin blue line getting thinner?

For the first time in 90 years, police are campaigning publicly for better pay and working conditions. There are news stories of police using food banks, while numbers of new recruits in training have dropped. What are the facts behind the "Repay the Risk" campaign and how can the public ensure our…

Steve Watt: Police Association President discusses the impact of Lyn Fleming's killing on officers

Hayden Donald Jason Tasker sentenced to at least 22 years in prison for the murder of Senior Sergeant Lyn Fleming on New Years Day 2025. Police Association President Steve Watt said despite justice now being served, the impact the event has taken on her colleagues around the country will remain.  …

Steve Watt: Police Association President on shoplifting rates hitting a 15 year high

Police believe tougher penalties could be the answer to clamping down on shoplifting.  Official Information Act data shows shoplifting charges hit the highest rate in 15 years, with 36 thousand laid across the 2024/25 year.  These led to the highest ever number of convictions handed down in the c…

Kent Non-League Podcast - Episode 375

Join us this week for a bumper show as we look ahead to the start of the National League South, Isthmian League and FA Cup, with three managers who all have high hopes for the season ahead. It's a Step 2 debut for Folkestone Invicta and manager Jay Saunders is ready to go despite an injury-hit pre-…

YOU SERVED. YOU’RE STRUGGLING. YOU’RE NOT DONE YET.

Send us Fan Mail You wore the uniform. You learned how to push through pain, handle pressure, take care of your people, and keep moving. But what happens when the thing you can’t seem to beat is alcohol or drugs? This episode is for the active-duty service member, veteran, or retiree who is still f…

Steve Watt: Police Association President on the continued exploration of giving body cameras to police

Privacy issues are still points of contention as Police take the next step towards putting body cameras on officers.   Police have begun researching potential cameras but are yet to secure funding or Cabinet approval.   The Privacy Commissioner says it could have a chilling effect on people's civ…

Kerre Woodham: What's the hold up with giving police bodycams?

I cannot understand it. We have had eight years of discussion, debate, market research, investigation, draft reviews, proposed market trials, and still our police don't have bodycams. Our Corrections Officers have bodycams, they've had them since 2015. The security guard at your local mall has a bo…

Police Association responds to new move on order laws

The New Zealand Police will soon have the power to order people to move elsewhere if they are being disorderly, begging or rough sleeping, after the Government's move-on orders legislation passed its final reading in Parliament on Friday. Police Association President Steve Watt spoke to Ingrid Hipk…