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Podcast: Canterbury Mornings with John MacDonald
Episode: John MacDonald: Crime statistics are only part of the story
Description: There’s a saying I refer to when someone tries to deny there’s a problem by putting up a whole lot of stats as some sort of defence or excuse. And that is exactly what we’ve got happening in relation to crime in Christchurch. The saying goes like this: “People don’t care what you know, until they know that you care.” Which is the message I’m giving to Canterbury area police commander Superintendent Lane Todd. Now Lane is a good guy. I don’t know him personally or socially, but...