[TheList] FW: [Some] News media to get access to police website

Sat May 23 07:50:55 AEST 2009

Quoting the article.....
"Individual journalists, freelancers, and magazines and periodicals are not
expected to be given access.
"You basically have to have a newsroom ... publishing timely information,"
the spokeswoman said. "

ANSWER = NO

On Sat, May 23, 2009 at 8:54 AM, Nath Hodge <nathanh69 at hotmail.com> wrote:

>  Will members of the public i.e. me, be able to get access to this?
>
>  *From:* Scott Palmer <scott at scottpalmer.com>
> *Sent:* Saturday, May 23, 2009 8:09 AM
> *To:* thelist at radiowiki.org.nz
> *Subject:* [TheList] FW: [Some] News media to get access to police website
>
>  See the below from Rick (thanks Rick, note the posting address for this
> new list please thelist at radiowiki.org.nz )
>
> Cheers
>
>
>
> *From:* Rick [mailto:smithr at ihug.co.nz]
> *Sent:* Friday, 22 May 2009 11:24 p.m.
> *To:* thelist-bounces at nzscanners.org.nz
> *Subject:* [Some] News media to get access to police website
>
>
>  ------------------------------
>
>  Published on Otago Daily Times Online (http://www.odt.co.nz)
>
> *News media to get access to police website*
>
> Created 21/05/2009 - 04:01
>
> Police will launch a new website for news gathering organisations when they
> start encrypting their radio traffic in the Wellington region next month.
>
> The new digital radio network -- to be widened to cover the whole country
> by 2014 -- will stop people listening in to police communications.
>
> Though police welcome some unauthorised listeners -- ranging from
> hobbyists, to boy racers and would-be criminals -- being blocked from
> eavesdropping, they plan to offer media "filtered" access to initial
> incident reports.
>
> But the messages released in the public interest will not include details
> of suicides or insecure premises.
>
> Some events involving special situations will not include specific
> addresses and messages dealing with routine tasks such as checking on
> alarms, or bail breaches and the locations of roadside breath testing will
> never go on the website.
>
> Some of the brief incident reports will be withheld for an hour, with
> potential for incident commanders to extend that, in callouts involving
> aggravate robbery, hostage situations, domestic violence, sexual offences,
> and incidents involving juveniles or mentally ill people.
>
> "Natsec" events involving national security, and offences "against the
> national interest", including terrorism will also be blocked for an hour.
>
> But traffic crashes, missing people, burglary and other theft, rescues and
> arson will be listed within minutes.
>
> "Everything goes out, unless there is a reason not to," said a spokeswoman
> at police headquarters.
>
> "But we will delay things to do with sexual attacks, children and sudden
> deaths."
>
> Police would have to check that sudden deaths were not suicides, because
> reporting details of those was limited by the Coroner's Act.
>
> She said media access to the incident listing would be through a
> password-protected website.
>
> Approved media outlets would be legal entities with physical premises in
> New Zealand, operating newsrooms, including broadcasters, newspapers, news
> agencies and web-based news services.
>
> Individual journalists, freelancers, and magazines and periodicals are not
> expected to be given access.
>
> "You basically have to have a newsroom ... publishing timely information,"
> the spokeswoman said.
>
> Newsrooms in the Wellington region will be given information in the next
> couple of weeks about accessing the website.
>  ------------------------------
>
> *Source URL (retrieved on 21/05/2009 - 23:12):*
> http://www.odt.co.nz/news/national/57147/news-media-get-access-police-website
>
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