As a citizen of a former British colony, I'm glad we inherited this mindset in our constabulary, although there's always some who persist in the us/them thinkin

As a citizen of a former British colony, I'm glad we inherited this mindset in our constabulary, although there's always some who persist in the us/them thinking. After the mosque massacre, the Police ran a trial where some Police patrols were always armed, it did little for community engagement with the 5-0: [1] It really didn't help that they were mainly used for traffic stops, as opposed to responding to actual firearms incidents. Then we had the (now former) Leader of the Opposition proposing "Raptor Squads" modelled after New South Wale's "Strike Force Raptor" (lasers sold separately), and that went down like a lead balloon.[2] [1]: https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=12336140 https://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&object... [2]: https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/11/27/920773/strike-force-raptor-wont-stop-organised-crime https://www.newsroom.co.nz/2019/11/27/920773/strike-force-ra...