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More research is underway into bias within the police ranks.
Last week - police released a progress report on their work to date, led by an independent panel.
That panel, chaired by long-term justice reform advocate Tā Kim Workman, was established last year to investigate whether there is police bias in police treatment of Māori, Pasifika and other communities.
After 15 months, the progress report held few concrete findings or definitive actions, and in fact pointed out that there is a lack of police data necessary to quantify rates of bias and consistent areas of concern that have not changed over time.
Two more aspects of research are now underway by the same panel.
The first will gather evidence on how different communites perceive police and the second will point the way to put it right.
Kathryn speaks with Khylee Quince, Dean of the School of Law at Auckland University of Technology and a member of the independent panel overseeing the research.
