Retail NZ wants meeting with police minister over police shoplifting change

Retail New Zealand wants an urgent meeting with the police minister over concerns retail crimes under a certain value may not not be investigated. Checkpoint has seen a police directive to staff that said they will no longer be investigating allegations of shoplifting below $500, petrol drive-offs below $150, and online frauds below $1000 regardless of lines of inquiry as part of a new nationwide directive. Police director of Service Superintendent Blair Macdonald spoke to Lisa Owen.