Principles Of Policing(1) Principles which guide the operation of policing in Aotearoa/New Zealand include; (a) reflecting the tradition of policing with public support and co-operation; and
(b) providing services in a national framework, with a community focus; and
(c) showing respect for human rights and the diversity of the community; and
(d) upholding an ethic of impartiality and political neutrality, and ensuring policing is delivered free from any improper influence or direction; and
(e) maintaining appropriate standards of ethics, respect of privacy yet transparency, integrity, and conduct at all times; and
(f) the use of lethal force is considered a course of protective action only when an officer of the law or public citizen(s) life is directly endangered through physical attack [alternative criminal actions]; and
(g) separation of the enforcement and prosecution roles of the police with establishment of an independent state prosecutor
(h) no breach of public trust, police therefore may not make deals or agreements with suspected criminals or civilians unless there are (i) multiple written and signed copies of the agreement, and also (ii) the deal does not impair the ability to deliver justice.
(i) to uphold the rights of every human being in Aotearoa/New Zealand, from their conception to their death.
(j) to account not just for the letter of the law when enforcing it, but allowing for the balanced judgment of police personnel to assess whether and how to enforce the law in individual circumstances and contexts.
(2) So far as is relevant and practicable in the circumstances, people who exercise functions, duties, and powers under this Act or any regulations made under this Act, must take into account the specified principles in subsection (1). (3) Despite subsection (2), no person may be required to pay any money to any other person just because of a breach of any of the specified principles in subsection (1). (4) Subsection (1) does not affect the application or operation of any other Act. (5) Given that Subsection (1) is upheld, then the police may have the right to search any individual,vehicle, premises or property subject to the restrictions in (6) and (7) below. (6) Police must have reasonable suspicion of criminal wrongdoing in order to search an individual and the individual must be told prior to the search what that suspicion is. (7) A properly granted Warrant of Entry is required to enter and search premises or property unless waiting for said Warrant would prevent the saving of life, stop the Police from preventing the immediate commission of a violent crime in or on those premises, or there is reasonable suspicion that illegal narcotics are present in or on those premesis. (8) Subsection (7) does not apply if the Police sight a crime taking place or have sighted a crime which has immediately taken place, or have reasonable cause to believe that a crime is then taking place. (9) The police will not be required to pay any compensation regarding a police entry onto private property. (10) In the case of a dispute between two parties where the police are involved the police are obliged to give their understanding of the law involved. Not just push for a quick resolution. Alternative views
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