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Budget 2017 invests $1.24 billion of new operating funding over four years and $785.6 million of capital funding in law and order initiatives to help make our communities safer, Police Minister Paula Bennett, Justice and Courts Minister Amy Adams, and Corrections Minister Louise Upston say.
“The extra investment in Budget 2017 includes the $503.8 million Safer Communities Package which was announced earlier this year and will deliver an additional 1,125 police staff,” Mrs Bennett says.
- Louise Upston
- Amy Adams
- Paula Bennett
- Police
- Justice
- Courts
- Corrections
- Budget 2017
The justice sector will receive an extra $115 million over four years to support the rollout of more police on the beat.
Justice and Courts Minister Amy Adams and Corrections Minister Louise Upston say the additional investment supports the work already underway to prevent crime and make communities safer. The $115 million funding boost for the Ministry of Justice and Department of Corrections is part of the Government’s larger $503 million Safer Communities package announced yesterday.
- Louise Upston
- Amy Adams
- Justice
- Courts
- Corrections