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The Government is pledging to implement the recommendations of the inquiry into police culture, admitting that public confidence in the force has been shaken.
Prime Minister Helen Clark yesterday confirmed that Dame Margaret Bazley's long-awaited report into the police handling of sex allegations against officers would be made public at a news conference at noon today.
Clark ordered a commission of inquiry three years ago after historical sex allegations against police officers surfaced. The $3.6 million inquiry was set up in February 2004 and was meant to report in November that year but became entangled in delays after those implicated were involved in criminal trials.
Since Bazley's report was finalised, fresh allegations of police misconduct have surfaced allegedly involving a serving member of the police as well as convicted rapist and former officer Brad Shipton.
Clark accepted that public confidence in the police had been shaken. "I feel saddened that an overwhelmingly good, professional force ends up having its name dragged through the mud because some people badly let it down," she said.
But today's report would show such cases did not characterise police behaviour.
"I think we have to get it into perspective. Some appalling things happened ... they shouldn't have happened. They are disgusting, but the police force is not characterised by such behaviour," she said.
The Government has prepared the public to expect a damning report, which is expected to highlight a culture of indifference towards sexual abuse claims among some police and make tough recommendations for changes at the highest levels of the force.
Asked if she thought public confidence would fall further after the release of the report, Clark said that, because so many revelations about the police had already been released, she did not think the public could be any more shocked or disgusted.
The Government and the police would focus on how to make sure that if similar allegations were raised in the future they were dealt with properly.
Clark said Bazley's report had many recommendations "and you can expect that the Government will be very, very favourably disposed to them".
The Government's law and order woes were compounded by the release of crime statistics yesterday that showed a 4.1 per cent increase in all reported crime and a 9.7% increase in sexual offending.
Police Minister Annette King played down the figures, saying the increase in the number of domestic-violence cases and sexual offences reflected police efforts to encourage people to report such crimes, rather than an increase in the number of offences.
She urged the public to continue to approach the police if they had complaints of domestic violence or sexual assault.
"I believe there is trust among New Zealanders in the integrity and effectiveness of the New Zealand police and I would expect that trust to increase even further when it is seen how the police and the Government intend implementing recommendations in the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct," she said.
National accused Labour of failing to deliver on its election promise of safer communities.
"Labour can use all the excuses they want, but the fact of the matter is that crime, and particularly violent and sex crimes, have risen steadily," said justice spokesman Simon Power.
Clark, Bazley and King will hold a media conference today to take questions on Bazley's report.
The Police Commissioner, Howard Broad, will not be present and will instead hold a separate news conference immediately afterwards. The Government denies this is a bid to distance itself from the fallout.
Meanwhile, the Ombudsman will investigate how various agencies worked together in the wake of the release of paroled killer Graeme Burton.
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