New Zealand First Welcomes Crime Prevention Initiative For Small Businesses
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Fri Mar 06 2020 13:00:00 GMT+1300 (New Zealand Daylight Time)
New Zealand First Welcomes Crime Prevention Initiative For Small Businesses
Friday, 6 March 2020, 1:36 pm
Press Release: New Zealand First Party
New Zealand First Spokesperson for Law & Order Darroch Ball welcomes the announcement of new funding for fog cannons in high-risk retail premises.
This crime prevention initiative aims to improve the safety of workers in small business like dairies, liquor stores and petrol stations.
These fog cannons have been installed in several establishments already, but today’s announcement by Police Minister Stuart Nash means it can be rolled out to hundreds more locations across the country.
“As a party of law and order, New Zealand First helped channel Proceeds of Crime funding to supply dairies with fog cannons and other security measures,” Mr. Ball said.
“We know that these fog cannons are effective because in the numerous instances which they were activated there were no injuries to staff and minimal property loss for businesses owners.”
“Today’s funding announcement will almost double the number of retail premises that will have these security measures, providing a robust deterrent against robberies for our small businesses.”
Fog cannon installations to date, by Police District
District
Fog cannon numbers
Northland
28
Waitemata
35
Auckland city
49
Counties Manukau
93
Waikato
84
Bay of Plenty
61
Eastern
29
Central
49
Wellington
33
Canterbury
40
Tasman
2
Southern
20
Total
523
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