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Mark Mitchell: National Police Spokesperson says Police are being thrown under the bus over slow crime prevention rollout

Published: Oct. 16, 2022, 7:41 p.m.

National says the Government is throwing Police under the bus to deal with ram raids amid a slow rollout of prevention measures.

Chris Hipkins told Police in August to move faster on using the $6 million Crime Prevention Fund, so shops can install security measures.

At the time only five retailers were taken care of, and a month on just two more have been helped.

National Police Spokesperson Mark Mitchell told Mike Hosking Police don't have the resources to do it.

\u201cYou\u2019ve got $171,000 that\u2019s been committed out of a $6 million fund committed \u2014 not even spent \u2014 so it is a complete and abject failure on just about every level.\u201d

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