How bad is it getting out there?

Kia Ora,

I am old enough to remember when a murder or violent crime was huge news. These days they are becoming so common more often than not they get a little snippet on the side of the paper if mentioned at all.

So how bad is it getting out there?

Recent threats feed community fears.(Crime)(Reasons for two local incidents last month remain unclear, but some details emerge): An article from: The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR)

There are now so many AOS(Armed Offenders Squad) call outs that it is time for these squads to be on full time alert.

That will mean a bigger budget, more resources & more man power as the police will need to replace their numbers on the street.

In the mean time crime is just increasing at an alarming rate.

An article in today's Sunday-Star Times tells of a huge increase in those living on the street. This will only lead to a further increase in crime as people look to survive.



In yesterday's blog I mentioned the lights appearing to be underneath the over bridge on Colombo Street, Christchurch would have appeared to been responding to the person leaving the scene of the accident.

Information now available says they were caught up with by the nearby restaurant, so that puts a slightly different light on a small matter, although the reported behaviour of that person when police arrived was no better.

Last night there were a lot of single vehicles roaming around with the occupants wearing hoodies, looking as if they wanted to find a place to gather.



There is also mention though that the occupants of the vehicle were 26 plus so generally outside the demographics of boy racers.

In my experience, although the main group of what is known of boy racers are around 18-24 there is a hard core of older individuals who seem to be at the heart of it.

The media have in the past had interviews with some who are more 26 plus group.

In one incident, the wider outer group I was warning they were on private property whilst awaiting police were younger & more compliant. Once at the centre it was very different, drunk aggressive & older persons who began throwing bottles.

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