fog cannons

Questions over how fog cannons and body cameras in Woolworths stores will mitigate the rising abuse of staff. 

The supermarket giant is reporting a 131% rise in physical assaults on staff in the past six months, compared to the same time last year. 

It's also launching an in-store campaign to encourage customers to respect workers as they head into the busiest time of year. 

First Union General Secretary Dennis Maga told Kate Hawkesby that those security measures could work short-term. 

He says intervention is needed in the long run, particularly as the rate of unruly behaviour increases. 

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Fog cannons don't always stop robberies.

An Auckland dairy owner's wife and a customer were injured by robbers with hammers at Jyoti's Dairy in Mount Roskill yesterday.

The criminals fled with tobacco and cash.

Sandringham Business Association's Jithin Chittibomma says fog cannons don't stop violent attacks.

"It works as a deterrent for young criminals, maybe, but not these kind of criminals who've made up their mind and come in prepared. They clearly timed it well. No fog cannon's going to stop that."

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Fog cannons don't always stop robberies.

An Auckland dairy owner's wife and a customer were injured by robbers with hammers at Jyoti's Dairy in Mount Roskill yesterday.

The criminals fled with tobacco and cash.

Sandringham Business Association's Jithin Chittibomma says fog cannons don't stop violent attacks.

"It works as a deterrent for young criminals, maybe, but not these kind of criminals who've made up their mind and come in prepared. They clearly timed it well. No fog cannon's going to stop that."

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Labour MP for Ōhāriu Greg O'Connor and National MP for Pakuranga Simeon Brown join Nick Mills for Politics Wednesday.

Over the hour they debate investment in road maintenance, National withdrawing its support from the  bipartisan agreement with Labour on housing density, and more money going into fog cannons and apprenticeship support.

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The Police Minister is blaming insurance companies, for the lacklustre roll-out of ram-raid and burglary prevention defences.

The Government has today announced a subsidy for small shops and dairies to install fog cannons.

But according to figures from police, just eight businesses have been fully outfitted through the retail prevention fund, announced in May.

Chris Hipkins says insurers taking too long and a blocked-up supply chain, are contributing to delays in the roll-out.

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Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern has recently announced a package subsidising fog cannons to shops and dairies who may need one to combat crime.

This announcement was made in the first post-cabinet press conference since the heavily publicised stabbing of a Sandringham shopkeeper.

Political editor Barry Soper says it would have made more sense for this subsidy package to have been implemented several months ago, when this crime wave was just amping up, as opposed to now.

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