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Despite claims NZ's policing is too 'woke', crime rates are largely static — and even declining

  • Written by Ananish Chaudhuri, Professor of Behavioural and Experimental Economics, University of Auckland
Despite claims NZ's policing is too 'woke', crime rates are largely static — and even decliningShutterstock/Kenneth William Caleno

When National MP Simon Bridges called Police Commissioner Andrew Coster a “wokester” recently, his intention was apparently to suggest the police are too soft on crime.

Debating the concept of “policing by consent” during a recent select committee hearing, Bridges asked Coster: “Do...

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