Documents obtained by Checkpoint have revealed numerous issues and a serious lack of consultation before the launch of the Police's Armed Response teams.

 

 
 
Documents obtained by Checkpoint have revealed numerous issues and a serious lack of consultation before the launch of the Police's Armed Response teams.

The trials were launched in Counties Manukau, Waikato and Canterbury, last year in response to the Christchurch mosque attacks.

But internal documents, obtained by Checkpoint under the Official Information Act, detail numerous issues.

And as Nick Truebridge reports, papers show racism training has also been proposed to curb the ART's potential impact on Māori communities.