The man who narrated Police Ten 7 for 12 years – and who became a walking thesaurus with his descriptors of “morons”, “scumbags”, “murderous thugs”, “mindless lowlifes” and “gutless goons” – has three more words to summarise the show’s demise – “wokeness” and “political correctness”.
[…] The show has been cited by police for resolving almost 1000 cases over the course of its more than 700 episodes.
In March 2021 then Auckland councillor Efeso Collins and Race Relations Comissioner Meng Foon said the show over-represented the Maori and Pasifika communities.
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