Detective senior sergeant Malcolm Inglis says interview delays have been caused by staffing issues. Officers trained to interview sexual assault victims are having to travel from either Dunedin or Invercargill to interview victims, after Queenstown’s two trained staff stepped down. "I feel completely unheard, completely ignored," she says. But detective senior sergeant Malcolm Inglis says the delays are only short term. Detective senior sergeant Malcolm InglisQueenstown did have two of those interviewers at the start of the year, but one stepped down from the role.

Source: Otago Daily Times July 17, 2019 20:48 UTC