The pressures of small-town policing and on sole-charge officers

An independent Police Conduct Authority has found major issues with the resourcing of small community police stations. A joint survey between Federated Farmers and police found more than half of farmers who responded to the survey had been the victim of a crime over the past two years. Kathryn discusses with Colin Hurst, Federated Farmers' rural security spokesperson, also Southern District Commander Superindendent Paul Basham and Billy Eivers, a sole-charge officer in Benneydale, Waitomo District.