Proposals and legislative debate in New Zealand over expanding the legal powers of ordinary citizens and security guards to detain suspected offenders without police involvement, particularly in retail and public-transport settings.
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Security guards are being advised not to use new citizen's arrest powerpublic can detain for any crime at any time
New citizen's arrest powers 'putting retail staff in harm's way', Retail NZ saysStacked weekly counts; colour by editorial lean. Stuff and The Spinoff lean centre-left, NZ Herald centre-right, others centre.
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