17 experienced officers<\/a>\u00a0from other beats.<\/p>\nOver the next two years, 63 additional staff in new community beat teams will also be deployed in Auckland and 10 in Christchurch.<\/p>\n
But the owner of three shops in the suburb of Te Aro, who did not wish to be named, said he had no confidence that the operation would make a difference to the rise in crime.<\/p>\n
The police took no action when a staff member was hospitalised after being assaulted by a customer, he said.<\/p>\n
Furthermore, police had told him that they could not make an arrest for theft if it was under $100, he said.<\/p>\n
“No one wants to see people be prosecuted for no reason, or to use money on prosecutions that just aren’t going to lead to any success, but what we do want, as shopkeepers, is for police to prevent this, and to stop it from happening, and to take action when it does happen,” he said.<\/p>\n
He believed that 17 police officers would not make any difference, but Wellington Chamber of Commerce chief executive Simon Arcus said people would be surprised by what that kind of intervention could do.<\/p>\n
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