Seventy police officers added to community patrol teams, PM Luxon set to speak

A further 70 police officers are being added to the community patrol teams across the country while another 77 will operate through police’s national and regional gang disruption units. The allocation of officers, confirmed by Police Commissioner Andrew Coster today, forms part of the Government’s promise to train an extra 500 police by November next year. Prime Minister Christopher Luxon is set to speak on the announcement from Wellington about 2.

30pm. Coster today welcomed the additional officers who would boost the community patrol teams which he claimed had achieved good results in Auckland, Wellington, and Christchurch. On Sunday, Luxon and Police Minister Mark Mitchell cited Auckland’s unit while celebrating new data showing assaults in Auckland CBD had decreased by 22%.



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