Because I’m Lazy Part VIII

I’m still on a blogging break, so here’s something else I wrote last year. Police To Investigate Taping During Press Conference Police have launched an investigation into alleged covert journalist recordings, following an incident at a press conference yesterday.They confirmed late last night that a complaint had been received alleging covert taping by members of…

Police To Investigate Taping During Press Conference

Police have launched an investigation into alleged covert journalist recordings, following an incident at a press conference yesterday. They confirmed late last night that a complaint had been received alleging covert taping by members of the press. The complainant, Police Assistant Commissioner Malcolm Burgess, has alleged he was taped while speaking at a press conference…

There’s No Business Like Police Business

Listen in to this podcast (at about the 4 minute mark) to hear the Police Commissioner tell Mary Wilson he runs a business. Arguments about speed cameras aside, it is of course nonsense. Whatever the Commissioner may think about his role and the job he has to do, he is not a businessman and the…

Police Defend Bloody Kindergarten Raid

A police raid at a kindergarten this morning has led to several deaths and multiple arrests. Police and Armed Offender units raided the Meriwether Community Kindergarten just after morning tea, but the raid turned violent when some of the children put up a fight. Authorities raided the heavily fortified compound following a report that a…

You Can Always Trust The Police

Today in History – Russia, 1938 A spokesperson for the Russian Police Association, Gregor Okkonnorvski, has assured the public that his organisation’s members play by the rules and maintain the highest standards of integrity. The assurances came after a number of radicals and Trotskyites made malicious claims that the secret police, or NKVD, led by…

Always Shoot First

Police Association President Greg O’Connor has said that the Government’s decision to decline the Chinese bid to buy the Crafar Farms is further evidence that the police should be armed. The Overseas Investment Office recommended that the application by Natural Dairy be declined. The Office cited concerns about the character of May Wang, the front…

Police State? I Wish!

My grandson rang me the other day. He said he would be in Auckland the following week, so why don’t we catch up for coffee? The trouble was he wanted to meet in the middle of bloody town. He’s up for some flash conference or something, and they’ve put him in a fancy hotel. I’ve…