Sunny Kaushal: Dairy and Business Owners Group Chair on the Govt's efforts to curb crime rates

Praise from a vocal retail crime critic and ministerial advisor over the Government's strategies to curb crime rates. 

New data shows ram raids halved last year while violent crime dropped 2%.  

However, overall retail crime increased 12%. 

Dairy and Business Owners Group Chair Sunny Kaushal told Andrew Dickens it will take time, but the tougher approach is working. 

He says retailers and dairy owners have lived in fear every day for years, and people are feeling the difference between the two governments. 

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Is some good news for us on this Wednesday. Violent
crime has increased by has increased by two percent. Sorry,
this is not good news. Well, what do you say, decrease?
It should be decreased by two percent for the first
time since twenty eighteen. New police data shows ram raids
down fifty eight percent, serious assaults were down one percent. Sorry,
retail crime itself has trended upwards with a twelve percent

(00:22):
increased in theft. So Dairy Business Owners Group chairpis and
Sunny Kashew joins you right now, Hello.

Speaker 2 (00:28):
Sunny, Cure Andrew, how are you good?

Speaker 1 (00:32):
So with the ram raids down and the serious assaults down,
can we say that the tough on crime approach has worked.

Speaker 2 (00:38):
Well, it's a great beginning and a relief for retailers
and dairy owners. As you know, they lived in fear
every day for years, you know. And people are feeling
the difference between the two governments, you know, a soft
on crime approach versus getting tough on crime. So, as
you rightly said, the ramblates are down. The the violent crime,

(00:59):
which was increase fifty one percent between twenty eighteen and
twenty twenty three, has a first time for since twenty eighteen.
And also the back to basics model in the policing model,
it is working. As you could see now the aggravator
robberies are popped and you could see Auckland CVD. It's

(01:19):
you know, looks much safer than it used to be.
And and here is also a difference I guess between
two police ministers, you know, Ginny Anderson until twenty twenty three,
who basically did nothing and it was all talks, but
versus Mark Mitchell, who is making a difference. So but
there's a lot more to be done. And I think

(01:41):
there's a broad beginning.

Speaker 1 (01:42):
Could we argue that with the violent climb down, the
ram raids down, the serious assaults down, those things that
that has happened, But those bag dectors, those bad dudes
are now actually going back to the old things. They're
doing burglaries, that they're doing theft and they're doing shoplifting.

Speaker 2 (01:56):
Well, look, this will take time and also there are
new solutions which would be required. You know, one side,
police are doing good job operationally, it's making a difference,
but we need to make sure that justice system also delivers.
The justice system need to be overhauled. They need to

(02:18):
get tough and there need to be consequences. You know,
it's a time for a zero tolerance approach to crime offenders.
Regardless of their age, they must face real consequences for
the actions.

Speaker 1 (02:30):
Sonnay, thank you so much for your work and your advocacy,
and I thank you for your time today, Sunny Kashaw
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