Contrary to popular myth, 'crime does pay', says Christchurch Mayoral
candidate, Blair Anderson ( blair4mayor.com) – and it provides a considerable
number of comfortable middle class salaries in NZ 'sadly at the expense of
genuine community wellbeing and safety'.
Mr Anderson says the 6000 or so NZ police are primary beneficiaries of crime in
New Zealand (fat salaries and perks). 'Alongside courts, corrections,
judiciary, lawyers, prison builders, and politicians, police have a dangerous
interest in maintaining an unacceptable level of crime, instead of genuinely
defusing the violence, black marketing, mistrust and alienation in NZ.'
more (with evidential links) see
http://mildgreens.blogspot.com/2007/10/crime-stats-business-as-usual-for.html
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