Ramraids are up over 518% within the first six months of 2022. Violent Crime is up 21% Assaults are up 31% Sexual Assaults are up 33%. Gun violence is up. Gang numbers are up. But the prison population is down by 26%. Underreporting is 70%. You may be shocked to hear that 1.4 million Kiwis were victims of crime last year. That’s over a quarter of our population. The DHB reported that every day last year, at least one Aucklander was hospitalised with stabbing injuries. Even our police are not safe: -Six police officers were assaulted every day last year. -In July 2022, a female police officer was brutally assaulted in Manurewa in broad daylight, in the middle of a public place. -Police are feeling powerless, helpless and unsupported. -Daylight robberies in public areas show offenders have no fear of law, police, being caught or any consequences whatsoever. The businesses have lost faith in the police and justice system. It should not take a gun threat for police action. The Labour government’s soft-on-crime approach is not working. A sense of lawlessness is gripping not just Auckland but the entire country. This is not the New Zealand we know or want. We have a crime emergency in New Zealand, right here, right now. This crime emergency needs a national discussion because a softly, softly approach is leading us down a very dark path. So what needs to be done? I think it’s obvious to most New Zealanders. Drop the soft approach to crime. Currently, 97% of offenders are getting away with their crimes. For the rest of this video go to @TheCommonRoomNZ