Our Police Minister's copping criticism after he admitted he's not ruling out a law change to support police continuing to take young people's photographs and fingerprints.
A report, released last month, into photos taken of Wairarapa youth found the practice was illegal.
But, at a police conference yesterday, Chris Hipkins said it's an essential part of intelligence gathering.
Privacy lawyer Kathryn Dalziel says the police had two years during an inquiry to give evidence to say their practices were reducing crime.
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