Campaign against the Taser

CATT spokesperson Marie Dyhrberg called on the Commissioner of Police to delay his decision on the Taser until the public has had the opportunity to view and comment on all relevant information about the trial, not just the summaries made available so far, which the Ombudsman has called "sanitised":

'I have read the summaries and compared them with the tactical options report accounts. In my view, many of the summaries are extremely brief, and have the effect of "sanitising" the original reports.' – Chief Ombudsman

The criticism has been welcomed by anti-Taser campaigners such as lawyer Marie Dyhrberg.

"The police have not been open and transparent. They have been very selective about in what information they have decided to provide to the New Zealand public," she says.