Wednesday, October 20, 2004
It happened on your watch George
Question No 8 in The House today:
8. Hon TONY RYALL to the Minister of Police: Do the police despatch taxis in response to 111 calls; if so, in what circumstances?No doubt George will hide behind the "I don't comment on operational matters" defence - but really, how many shockers can the police have before the Minister falls on the sword? Police will argue that it is limited resources etc that are the root cause of the issue, and they may well have a case - although the Piha Taxi example looks like a hideous error of judgement, pure and simple.
Whatever the cause of these operational blunders, surely at some stage the Police Minister 'cops it'.
