Police are scaling up firearms training and will create a new tactical response team in response to increasing violence against officers. Police are scaling up firearms training and will create a new tactical response team in response to increasing violence against officers. The mother of a man shot dead by police in Auckland earlier this year is "shocked" and disappointed that police are ramping up firearms training. But Moana Taverio, whose son Tangaru Turia, 34, was fatally shot by police in Papatoetoe in February, said she is shocked at the additional firearms training. Tactical Response ModelTwo-thousand frontline staff will be trained by July next year in the frontline skills enhancement course.

Source: New Zealand Herald September 22, 2021 02:15 UTC