Its that Mindset again!

Kia Ora,

Before the earthquake hit Christchurch & the surrounding areas there was a warning of boat people comming to New Zealand shores at this stage from Sri Lanka. Yet again though the New Zealand mindset is to the fore saying it could never happen!

This was not long after a ship full of illegal immigrants had made it to Canada from Thailand a trip that would be as long if not longer.

It seems that reality has no place in the decisions made by people when they comment on these things or burearcrats plans in many cases.
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So how could that effect the NZ Security Industry?

Well even the earthquake showed that New Zealand & in particular the NZ police, as good as they are, do not have the resources to carryout all their required tasks.

So private security could if properly trained provide good manned surveillance around our coastline. Technology is great but only ever an aid & can be suspect to some of the wild weather we get.

As a matter of fact I put a proposal in to various agencies shortly after beginning work in the security industry for myself to do just that. This was in response to the regular small paper clippings asking for people to watch out around the coastline for those involved in movement of firearms, drugs & wildlife.
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Not long out of the NZ Army at the time, my rather direct military way of presenting the proposal did not go down well.

One police District commander asked what made me think that the police needed any help as they did not.

My reply was the fact it was well known in the army thanks to friends in low places that there had been a joint request from several government agencies including the police for that very help.

It was also was well known that some of our units assisted by way of training to carryout surveillance for agencies. This stopped when the formal request went in as it was a grey area for the military to be involved.
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I looked at reviving it as part of a new army training requirement for my section I was responsible for by requesting could we help with surveillance. I was informed to try but it was unlikely to go ahead because of legal concerns.

But by contracting private security with the appropriate training, going on the PSD experience it would actually be cheaper & allow the likes of the police to concentrate on enforcement.
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For that to happen though needs a change in mindset across the board to understand that things like boat people are a reality. It also needs a change in mindset on how to use private security & what constitutes the training requirements.

You wouldn't want a doorman or normal security guard on these tasks. Then it is the decision if the police or military style surveillance is the most appropriate.

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Search & Surveillance Bill! How should we make the best use of it?

Kia Ora,

Over the last wee while have being involved in a debate with people who want to stop the Search & Surveillance Bill going through in the New Zealand Parliament.

First issue is are the provisions in this bill required?

Looking at it from a security point of view, yes!

At the present point of time all the advantages are with those committing crime or planning terrorist activities.

The concerns are that the provisions will be abused.

Of course like any law once passed they are always open to abuse, especially if they have been badly put together.

That is where those that oppose it should be putting their energy.

Recent events in the US in particular have shown that even if you stop a bill like this, its provisions will appear in another bill, often not related. In NZ the usual action is put something contraversial in front of parliament & whilst everyone is arguing over that, sneak something else through under urgency.

For example some surveillance facets have allegedly shown up in new powers given to the US Federal Reserve & in another unrelated bill taxing of gold bullion has allegedly shown up.

Even the forming of the US Federal Reserve itself was by the renaming of a previously rejected bill.

The point here is you either make the bill work & ensure there are good checks & balances or risk having it show up somewhere else without a good look at it.

As I have recently made a point of is the proposed new Security Personnel Bill is only good as toilet paper, but that doesn't say I don't think we need a new bill. In fact I have been arguing for it since entering the NZ Security Industry in 1997.

The danger here though is that the powers that be will go with the pieces of toilet paper put together under the previous government & when things go wrong there will be a knee jerk reaction & another totally unworkable law will emerge.

It is better if those proposed bills, as pointed out, are worked through to ensure they are not only workable but also have the right checks & balances in place.

Then properly used they will make the country a safer place to live.

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Jihad in New Zealand! Yeah Right! Or is it?

Kia Ora,

I was trying to work out how to use Youtube better last night when I came across two threads.

One was a person from Britain who immigrated to New Zealand & had re entered the area of door security. I aim to look more into his postings but seems good & professional, I would like to keep an eye on his take on issues.

The second was much more disturbing.



The initial post that caught my eye was "I used to work for the SIS (Secret Intelligence Service)" & it goes into how he was used undercover to identify Jihadists in Auckland.

Is he the real deal? Not sure but there were some things that made me take note & think maybe he is.

First his Arabic seems very good.

Though his letter to the Prime Minister is a bit of a ramble (something I have been accused of at times myself) there are a few parts in it that peaked my interest.

That is the part where he talks about his SIS handlers saying he didn't have to go fully into the role of a Muslim (since he now says he has converted to atheist & everything must be based on science). That is on the point I have been trying to make. If they don't really know or haven't experienced anything like a suicide bombing then Kiwi's will not understand.



Jihadists are not just nutters who take the Koran, as he calls them literalists (they exist in all religions & are generally the extremists), literally in their interpretation, but usually very good at counter surveillance & reconnaisance.

Through his chats though it emerges as he identifies himself at one point a picture of a young guy who was lost & his nature comes across as addictive, He now requires everything to be referrenced in a scientific nature. Time & experience will tell him that not everything is absolute. Alot is gut instinct & experience.

As my experience has shown along with some of the comments to his postings, the average Muslim is very accepting, in fact more accepting than most westerners. But it is not them you have to worry about.



There are a few comments though that seem to come within NZ that back up some of his claims with their rants against his postings on Islam.

Then there is the postings above & below which back up some recent comments on some Maori forums. I have even read one Maori convert say Islam is the black man's religion. Doesn't know his religion as well as he thinks.

NZ has issues mainly concerning the Treaty of Waitangi & racism that we need to sort through & to a great extent are. Neither side is fully happy, so we must be doing something right.



Islam may actually be good for many Maori unless they take up the radical side & there are already enough Maori advocating armed conflict that this could turn nasty.

Will mean that "you will have to give the pork bones a miss though bro. More for me".

These videos have been getting posted for a while. So is Jihad possible in New Zealand? Most definitely.

Are the authorities on top of things? I doubt it as they have never experienced this type of thing it will be hard for them to envisage it. When they speak to their foreign counterparts although the words used will be the same, they will mean different things.



The day after a TV programme to my way of thinking confirms what I already thought that a mass murderer was allowed to walk free, NZ has to look at the way it views the world & acts in it.

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