The pressures of small-town policing and on sole-charge officers

09:08 am on 22 November 2021

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An independent Police Conduct Authority has found major issues with the resourcing of small community police stations.

A joint survey between Federated Farmers and police found more than half of farmers who responded to the survey had been the victim of a crime over the past two years.

Kathryn discusses with Colin Hurst, Federated Farmers' rural security spokesperson, also Southern District Commander Superindendent Paul Basham and Billy Eivers, a sole-charge officer in Benneydale, Waitomo District.

Rural police in Anaura Bay, Gisborne. Photo: RNZ / Alexander Robertson