The Police Commissioner says he's confident police acted lawfully in enforcing the level 4 lockdown. Police Commissioner Andrew Coster told Morning Report police were "conservative" in how they enforced the lockdown early on while they got clarity around their powers. "In this case we had powers under the Civil Defence Emergency Management Act and under a Health Notice. So those were the powers we had, those were the powers we used and as I say I'm confident that we acted lawfully." Commissioner Coster said there is no confusion on police's behalf now that the Health Notice is crystal clear.

Source: Otago Daily Times May 03, 2020 22:30 UTC