There’s been a leadership shakeup at the Royal NZ Police college, after a recruit debacle.

It’s while a newly released survey of training officers has found two thirds were concerned about probationary cops’ understanding of police responsibilities when holding suspects in custody.

It also found 55% feel new cops were ‘barely or not at all’ well equipped with knowledge of arrest and charge procedures.

All of this while the government is slowly backing away from its hardline promise of 500 new cops on the beat by November.

NZ Herald senior investigative reporter, Michael Morrah has been looking into the police recruitment process, and joins us now on The Front Page.

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