Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct : Letter of Transmittal and Acknowledgments

Letter of Transmittal and Acknowledgments

(Report of the Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct)

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Commission of Inquiry into Police Conduct
Te Kōmihana Tirotiro Whanonga Pirihimana

26 March 2007

To His Excellency, The Honourable Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Your Excellency

Letter of transmittal

Pursuant to the terms of the Order in Council dated 18 February 2004 and as amended by Order in Council dated 2 May 2005, given under the hand of Her Excellency, The Honourable Dame Silvia Cartwright, PCNZM, DBE, the then Governor-General of New Zealand, I now humbly submit my report for Your Excellency’s consideration.

I have The Honour to be
Your Excellency’s most obedient servant

Signature of Dame Margaret Bazeley DNZM

Dame Margaret Bazley, DNZM
Commissioner

Acknowledgments

This report is the result of a long process of review and the analysis of an extensive amount of information. It reflects the hard work and commitment of those involved in the inquiry process. In particular I would like to acknowledge the work of key commission staff and advisers – my legal adviser, Mr Douglas White QC; counsel assisting, Ms Mary Scholtens QC and Mr Kieran Raftery; the Commission’s executive officer, Ms Rebecca Boyack; and commission staff and advisers, Ms Emma Jeffs, Dr John Sinclair, and Mr Robert Buchanan.

I also acknowledge the contribution made by counsel and representatives of the parties who worked hard to ensure that I had the full range of information I required during the inquiry

I would also like to acknowledge the input of the Honourable Bruce Robertson and the very sound legal foundation for the inquiry that he established prior to his appointment to the Court of Appeal in May 2005.

I would like to particularly record my appreciation of the commitment of Commission staff and their dedication in seeing the inquiry through to its completion. The staff worked hard to assist me carry out the inquiry and to ensure the Commission could complete its tasks in the required time frames.

I would also like to acknowledge and thank those submitters who came forward to the Commission with information about their experiences of making complaints to the police. I am very aware of the impact that this experience had on those people and their courage in coming forward to assist the Commission.

I was also impressed with the quality of the people who appeared before me as police witnesses and independent experts and would like to thank them for their contribution to my inquiry.

Dame Margaret Bazley, DNZM
Commissioner


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