The buck stops where?

Assorted flunkes have defended Hawkins over the 111 stuff ups on the grounds that as Minister he can not be held accountable for every mistake staff make.

Thst is correct. But he can be held accountable for if they have enough resources to cope with 111 calls. And the Dominion Post writes about how Auckland Police said they needed 100 more staff to cope with emergencies and George only gave them 32.