895 (2025). Hon Ginny Andersen to the Minister of Police

895 (2025). Hon Ginny Andersen to the Minister of Police: How many vetting requests, if any, have Police recieved from Australian police jurisdictions for constabulary staff between 19 November 2024 to date, broken down by the number of constabulary staff, if any, who have since resigned after having a vetting check?

Hon Mark Mitchell: I am advised that between 19 November 2024 and 29 January 2025, Police has received 70 vetting requests from Australian police agencies. In the same period seven of these employees have left New Zealand Police. Our reports do not divide requests by Constabulary versus non-Constabulary. Note, information on applications to join Australian agencies is collected when the Australian agency requests an integrity check from New Zealand Police. Therefore, the numbers in these reports relate to individual applications not necessarily individual people. For example, if an individual has applied to several Australian agencies they would be counted against each agency.