Paul Basham: Police Assistant Commissioner Investigations on the reduction in youth reoffending as a result of the Fast Track protocol

Published: July 1, 2024, 8:34 p.m.

Police say that community response is to thank for positive youth crime outcomes. \xa0

More than 70% of children and youths referred through the youth offender support protocol \u2014Fast Track\u2014 haven't been re-referred. \xa0

The protocol, created by Oranga Tamariki, finds support services to prevent youth re-offending.\xa0

Police Assistant Commissioner Investigations Paul Basham told Mike Hosking that it shows the system is working. \xa0

He says troubled kids are getting the help they need, and crime is being prevented as a result.\xa0

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