11 Jun 2020

Police armed response trial dealt with 12-year-olds, many Māori, documents reveal

From Checkpoint, 5:40 pm on 11 June 2020

The Police Armed Response Team trial is being criticised for attending call outs to deal with children as young as 12 years old while they were in action.

The controversial teams were officially scrapped this week, but police data shows the armed units were called out to six incidents involving children - and many of them were Māori.

RNZ Māori news correspondent Leigh-Marama McLachlan reports.