When she first heard armed police would be patrolling Hamilton, a Māori mother-of-three felt "sick". Amanda Nelson fears the city's "brown neighbourhoods" will bear the brunt of the Armed Response Team's attentions, and a national mental health advocacy group shares her conerns. STUFF New Armed Response Teams (ARTs) would start in Auckland's Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury (file photo). But police insist it isn't a move to routine arming and is designed to make the community safer by targetting high crime areas. Meanwhile, videos have emerged of armed police pulling over a car in suburban Hamilton, which was linked to dishonesty crimes.

Source: Stuff November 14, 2019 01:47 UTC