Police and Law Enforcement

Everyday police duties are still performed by humans or parahumans. A key reason for this is biochauvinism - the New Zealand people are simply unwilling to hand over law enforcement duties to infomorphs. Under current law only a citizen (which can only be a (para)human, bioroid, or ghost) may be empowered to make arrests, enact warrants, make statuatory declarations, and so forth. The police do make significant use of infomorphs, but they act purely as advisors to human agents. Standard kit for a human or parahuman officer in low to medium threat situations is as follows; While on everyday patrol in calm areas most officers will leave their armguns and vests in the boot with the recoilless rifle. The New Zealand islands themselves (North Island, South Island, Stewart Island, and the Chatham Islands) are usually pretty peaceful, and any incident serious enough to merit police in full kit will usually be handled by the Armed Offenders Squad, unless for some reason time is a factor. The territories are another matter; officers serving on Niue, the Cook Islands, Tokelau, or any of the underwater colonies routinely wear their armour and weapons.

Thre specialist units of significance are the Armed Offenders Squad (AOS), the Network Squad, and the Dog Squad. All three provide specialist assistance, on call to police departments throughout New Zealand and it's territories.

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