NZ Police President MISCONDUCT?:

Today, being "Friday 13th" is claimed to be 'UNLUCKY' by some "believers". - this 'paraskevidekatriaphobia'  phobia is someway related to an early christian biblical story about 13 people eating together.

The New Zealand STATE SERVICES COMMISSION publishes Standards of Integrity and Conduct that set the standards that apply to most State Services agencies that they list ..

However  - POLICE are not included among those listed agencies - as needing to comply with these standards.

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Our New Zealand Police instead have their own code that I have researched with mixed results. The NZ Police 'code' seems remarkably unspecific and vague regarding correct behavior - but it does list certain MISCONDUCTS & SERIOUS MISCONDUCTS.

"WHAT IS MISCONDUCT?
He aha te whanonga hē?
This is behaviour or actions that breach this Code of Conduct or other Police policies. While misconduct may not justify dismissal it may result in formal disciplinary action.

WHAT IS SERIOUS MISCONDUCT? 
He aha te whanonga tino hē?
This is behaviour or actions that breach this Code of Conduct or other Police policies and employment agreements and seriously undermine or damage the trust and confidence Police has in you, calling into question if the employment relationship can continue. It is behaviour or actions that may justify dismissal."

- The following is the eighth listed police 'SERIOUS MISCONDUCT' in the Code that may justify dismissal:

Knowingly making a false declaration or statement (including incorrectly recording data)

Link to Police page:
https://www.police.govt.nz/sites/default/files/publications/ourcode.pdf

I have personally heard (& read) Detective Inspector Cahill (President of The Police Association) repeatedly make statements about our firearms regulations that seem to me to be deliberately incorrect & misleading.

- He has claimed that criminal gangs in New Zealand get their illegal firearms by stealing them from licensed shooters. (July 2014 An Auckland man who spent $50,000 on rifles and shotguns he modified and passed onto gang members has been sent to prison for nearly six years.Peter Edwards was sentenced in the Auckland District Court on Friday to five years and 10 months on firearms charges, as well as charges of supplying methamphetamine. Judge Nevin Dawson said Edwards, who had a firearms licence, bought .22 calibre rifles as well as shotguns from a gun shop before cutting them down and adding pistol grips.He supplied them to members of the Head Hunters gang but refused to help the police get the guns back.).

- Cahill has stated that Police do not know where guns are in New Zealand - while in fact EVERY Firearms License Holder's address is registered with the Police.

- Cahill has stated that Police don't know how many semi-auto "assault rifles" have come into New Zealand - whereas every imported firearm has been recorded & granted an IMPORT PERMIT by Police.

- Will Police senior management take proper action over these SERIOUS MISCONDUCT false statements?

Marty K.