By Jeremy Wilkinson, Open Justice reporter ofPhoto: POOL / Stuff / Robert KitchinA security guard with links to the Mongols Motorcycle Club wrote to then-prime minister Jacinda Ardern offering to join her security team. Doherty even sent it directly to the police and to the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority, which administers the kinds of licence that Doherty did not possess. What he had was a certificate of approval, which qualifies a person to work in positions such as a security guard or parking warden. Despite the authority reminding Doherty that he needed a separate licence to run a security business, he continued to advertise on Facebook. Despite his insistence that it was not necessary to cancel his security licence, that was exactly what the Private Security Personnel Licensing Authority opted to do.

Source: Stuff August 03, 2024 04:21 UTC