Dear Readers,
Although further escapades of Police activity have been reported by the Mainstream Media, Bob Dewar, Clint taking on the Police, Ministerial rebuttal of Cadet convictions etc...
Policewatch has been busy with other developments.
Commendations goes to South Auckland Policing District in a proactive approach to domestic violence, and that recognition that men are being victim and require support.
Otahuhu Community Policing more than deserve this recognition as a leader in post millenium policing.
Wednesday 25 July 2007
Sunday 8 July 2007
111 Woes Continue
A traumatised home-invasion victim says the 111 system failed around 15 times as he tried to get help after armed intruders burst into his house.
Businessman Arthur Gundy, 62, said he stood in his underwear with duct tape hanging from his wrists, repeatedly trying to get through to police for help.
After 15 calls and 20 minutes, he said he had still not been connected through the 111 automated operator service.
Gundy tried two different phones, called three or four times and looked for the Henderson Police Station in the phone book.
Teleco responded:
What happened here is the problem was in the sound – he could hear them but they could not hear him.
What Mr Gundy thought was an automated voice would have been the 111 operator reading out the options, which was standard procedure.
While the fault would not have affected everyone in the area Telecom were investigating two other situations in Manukau on Thursday and Friday where a similar problem may have occurred.
It does show other people were experiencing similar problems.
If people did have trouble calling then they were advised to call the police, ambulance or fire services directly, rather than via the 111 system.
Businessman Arthur Gundy, 62, said he stood in his underwear with duct tape hanging from his wrists, repeatedly trying to get through to police for help.
After 15 calls and 20 minutes, he said he had still not been connected through the 111 automated operator service.
Gundy tried two different phones, called three or four times and looked for the Henderson Police Station in the phone book.
Teleco responded:
What happened here is the problem was in the sound – he could hear them but they could not hear him.
What Mr Gundy thought was an automated voice would have been the 111 operator reading out the options, which was standard procedure.
While the fault would not have affected everyone in the area Telecom were investigating two other situations in Manukau on Thursday and Friday where a similar problem may have occurred.
It does show other people were experiencing similar problems.
If people did have trouble calling then they were advised to call the police, ambulance or fire services directly, rather than via the 111 system.
Friday 6 July 2007
Policeman escapes assault conviction
A long-serving Rotorua policeman followed a man around the back of a late-night diner and assaulted him, thinking he had raped his daughter.
Senior Constable William Royal broke down in tears as he was discharged without conviction in Rotorua District Court yesterday.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting a Wellington man outside a popular late-night Rotorua diner on October 22.
He was waiting to be collected by his daughter in her car when he heard a commotion outside in the takeaway area of the diner.
When he went outside he saw the complainant, a Wellington man visiting Rotorua, on the ground surrounded by a group of men. There had been a fight.
Mr Royal asked what had happened and was told by his son, Willie Royal junior, that the man had raped Mr Royal's daughter.
Staff took the complainant, who had suffered minor injuries, around to the back of the diner. The complainant told police Mr Royal followed him to the back of the premises and punched and kicked him several times around the body.
The daughter was not raped.
As a senior policeman with vast experience he should have let the law take its own course. Judge Thomas said the offending was of the lowest level and Mr Royal was entitled to keep his unblemished police record clear.
Senior Constable William Royal broke down in tears as he was discharged without conviction in Rotorua District Court yesterday.
He had earlier pleaded guilty to the charge of assaulting a Wellington man outside a popular late-night Rotorua diner on October 22.
He was waiting to be collected by his daughter in her car when he heard a commotion outside in the takeaway area of the diner.
When he went outside he saw the complainant, a Wellington man visiting Rotorua, on the ground surrounded by a group of men. There had been a fight.
Mr Royal asked what had happened and was told by his son, Willie Royal junior, that the man had raped Mr Royal's daughter.
Staff took the complainant, who had suffered minor injuries, around to the back of the diner. The complainant told police Mr Royal followed him to the back of the premises and punched and kicked him several times around the body.
The daughter was not raped.
As a senior policeman with vast experience he should have let the law take its own course. Judge Thomas said the offending was of the lowest level and Mr Royal was entitled to keep his unblemished police record clear.
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