Police reassure public
Residents are "perfectly safe" and Cromwell does not have a skinhead problem, police say.
Residents are "perfectly safe" and Cromwell does not have a skinhead problem, police say.
An officer was punched in the head about eight or 10 times while attempting to arrest a 17-year-old in the Octagon, Dunedin, at the weekend, police say.
A young couple found viciously bashed in a west Auckland park on the weekend are in a critical but stable condition in hospital, police say.
Nearly 700 Taser stun guns will be available to 3500 front line police throughout the country by August.
All drivers involved in accidents could be forced to be screened for alcohol as part of moves to lower the blood alcohol driving limit being mulled by the Government.
Police have labelled a routine traffic stop resulting in the arrest of a Dunedin man as "disturbing", after he was allegedly found with two sawn-off rifles, some cannabis, and his 3-year-old son.
Three Cromwell residents have been arrested and charged with various offences, in relation to a burglary in the town on Sunday.
Police have released the licence plate numbers of four outstanding Subarus stolen last week.