MEDIA RELEASE:
9th May 2008
New York Policing Will Lower Prison Muster
The New York tough on crime approach will lower crime and the prison population says the Sensible Sentencing Trust.
Trust Spokesman Garth McVicar was commenting after Canterbury police district commander, Superintendent Dave Cliff
released details of the New York style policing regime he is instituting in Christchurch.
“We absolutely support the initiatives the Christchurch police are adopting, The New York “Broken Windows” approach is
all about drawing a line in the sand – the result will be a reduction in crime and reduction in the prison population.”
Mr. McVicar said that New Zealand had progressively implemented a disastrous politically correct social experiment by
removing the line and boundaries for youth, “The law abiding public have been used as puppets and we are paying the
price for that now.”
“Many communities are being plagued by graffiti and vandalism which are presently treated as petty crime, but are in
fact the doorway to more serious offending. We believe the classifying of these crimes as petty has been dominating
factor in the increase in youth violence New Zealand is currently experiencing.
“The Sensible Sentencing Trust totally supports the Christchurch police approach, we believe it will ultimately divert
youth from a career of crime.”
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