Police chases again

Police again in the news for a death from a chase.

Now we will hear from those saying police chase too much. I disagree. Again NZ mindset has to change, just like it does in regards to security. By it being well known that the police have to pull out if it becomes too dangerous it has actually created a more dangerous situation as people just take off & drive recklessly thinking well the police will stop soon. Most of these people are not as good drivers as they think & end up coming worse off.

Or you have the other side of it. Another chase & a crash & what do the police find, pistol, ammunition & drugs. Doesn't take an Einstein to guess what that person might of being up too. Too bad he couldn't ride a bike as after a high speed chase he hits a slow moving police car when trying to pass.

An Australian made an interesting comment to me the other day. He had seen a business opportunity here in NZ, but on arrival & after set up has said the biggest issue here is apathy & that is what we see in security. It is what we are seeing here again with police chases. The person at fault is the person who runs from the police, not the police. Automatically police go into mode of defending their actions. Yes it is good to review to see if it could be done better, but the responsibility lies with the person who ran. End of story. But the public think of it is the police being reckless again.

With security it is "oh we don't need that here". I repeat "The biggest threat is the belief there is no threat". The fact that that sentiment now features on international TV makes NZ more of a terrorist target.

That sentiment & apathy is also why there is reputedly a blog or website by a European saying NZ is worst country in the world to visit. When something does happen here it comes as a shock to the tourist.

Same thing with tourists driving. Ok there is the issue that we drive on the opposite side of the road to most of the world & that causes issue but our overall driving is so bad that NZ needs to really look at itself.

I mentioned sometime back about seeing a new security company in town & was impressed. The reason was the guard was actually looking for issues. He mentioned after first getting back into the industry he worked at a position where for his 'training' he was constantly told to ignore issue or don't look for them. That again points to the apathy as a big part of actually providing security is to find the issues & stop them before they become major.

I distinctly remember US soldiers ignoring our observations of first a car load of people watching them at the check point & then the next day of a guy in a taxi with a videio camera. The following two days that check point was hit by suicide bombers. It could of being prevented had there not being the apathy by the soldiers on the check point.