auckland police want council to close bars,clubs at 3am:
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10520856
this sucks. i hope it doesn't happen. all it will do is shift the problem into residential neighbourhoods instead of a central place where police can patrol. people will just have a party at someone's house after 3am and drink alcohol and get drunk and police will have to go all over auckland. they should keep the 24hour bars and clubs.
i don't care if other cities in new zealand close at this time. i'm sure if you asked the young people if they want bars and clubs to be open 24/7 they'd say yes.
and that police officer said "nothing good happens after 3am". well i proved him wrong already. i went out last week at 1am and was drinking with friends at a bar until 4am and we got into no trouble. we all got taxis home afterwards. so that police officer just got proven wrong. the only way he could make that statement was if he interviewed every single person in auckland and asked them if they thought nothing good happens after 3am, but he hasn't.
and you can't say the majority of aucklanders commit crime after 3am. it's a minority. why should good people be punished by having to leave at 3am when only a minority of people cause trouble.
the police also want a lockout policy that would stop people entering licensed venues after 1am. i don't want this.
if the auckland city council does this i am sure the mayor and council will lose the next election. the police say they want these laws to make their job easier. if police can't do their job they should quit. i would like my job to be easier because when i drive home from work there is traffic jams, so i'd like a police escort to clear traffic and take me home everyday.
well i'm going to email auckland mayor john banks and tell him that i hope the council keeps the 24 hour bars and clubs and not make them close at 3am and not make them have a lockout policy that would stop people entering licensed venues after 1am.
the mayor's contact details can be found here:
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/representatives/default.asp
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/1/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10520856
this sucks. i hope it doesn't happen. all it will do is shift the problem into residential neighbourhoods instead of a central place where police can patrol. people will just have a party at someone's house after 3am and drink alcohol and get drunk and police will have to go all over auckland. they should keep the 24hour bars and clubs.
i don't care if other cities in new zealand close at this time. i'm sure if you asked the young people if they want bars and clubs to be open 24/7 they'd say yes.
and that police officer said "nothing good happens after 3am". well i proved him wrong already. i went out last week at 1am and was drinking with friends at a bar until 4am and we got into no trouble. we all got taxis home afterwards. so that police officer just got proven wrong. the only way he could make that statement was if he interviewed every single person in auckland and asked them if they thought nothing good happens after 3am, but he hasn't.
and you can't say the majority of aucklanders commit crime after 3am. it's a minority. why should good people be punished by having to leave at 3am when only a minority of people cause trouble.
the police also want a lockout policy that would stop people entering licensed venues after 1am. i don't want this.
if the auckland city council does this i am sure the mayor and council will lose the next election. the police say they want these laws to make their job easier. if police can't do their job they should quit. i would like my job to be easier because when i drive home from work there is traffic jams, so i'd like a police escort to clear traffic and take me home everyday.
well i'm going to email auckland mayor john banks and tell him that i hope the council keeps the 24 hour bars and clubs and not make them close at 3am and not make them have a lockout policy that would stop people entering licensed venues after 1am.
the mayor's contact details can be found here:
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/council/members/representatives/default.asp