The police are spending tens-of-millions of dollars trying to catch up on court prosecutions while dealing with what it calls outdated bureaucratic processes.
As RNZ has been reporting, forty-four percent of our prison population are on remand and police say reducing that number is a priority and will keep the community safer.
In a briefing to incoming police minister Stuart Nash in March this year about the police's seven-year ReFrame project, the police said pressure had become unsustainable and not fit for the changing social and criminal landscape.
New Zealand Police deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming spoke to Corin Dann.
