![]() ![]() "As well as holding the offender to account we work with the victims to help them stop being re-victimised through working with our partner agencies." Mr Le Prou says Police are focusing on holding offenders to account for all forms of violent or threatening behaviour. Mr Le Prou says this case has given people the confidence to come forward and Northland Police has received other complaints of sexual abuse since Parker pleaded guilty.Īssault, harassment and threatening behaviour, and breach of violence or non-violence restraining orders have also all increased. Parker was sentenced to preventive detention in August. This can be attributed to the recent case in which former Pamapuria School deputy principal James Parker pleaded guilty to 74 sexual offence charges representing in excess of 300 offences against young boys. One of the offences that led to the increase in recorded crime was sexual assault. Mr Le Prou says although recorded crime has increased slightly, resolution rate has also gone up to 53.9 percent. Northland District Commander Superintendent Russell Le Prou says that while there has been an increase in recorded crime, it is a small increase and is lower than 2011 when the district recorded more than 16,000 offences. A total of 15,490 offences were recorded this year, compared to 15,146 offences last year. Crimes statistics released today show that recorded crime in Northland was up by 2.3 percent in the 2012/13 fiscal year. ![]()
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