The Dairy and Business Owners Group are calling for resignations from the Ministers of Police and Justice Ministers.
Police call-out response times have more than tripled in some regions over the past five years.
In Auckland, the average wait time has ballooned from less than half an hour to almost two hours.
Chair Sunny Kaushal told Andrew Dickens both ministers have failed miserably and aren't taking accountability.
“We would like to be safe, we would like to feel safer. The dairy owners and business owners – they should not be living in such a fear every day.”
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