http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/ar...ectid=10632726
One southern police officer has been suspended and another stood down, both on full pay.
A Gore-based police officer has been suspended from duty pending the outcome of court proceedings on fraud charges and, in a separate case, a Central Otago police officer is the subject of a police investigation and has been stood down, southern district operations manager Inspector Lane Todd said
yesterday.
Mr Todd said the Gore officer was stood down in late October and suspended on full pay in November.
The matter was before the Dunedin District Court so he was unable to comment further at this stage, he said.
The Independent Police Conduct Authority was also aware of the case.
It is understood another person, not a police officer, faces a similar allegation in relation to the same matters.
Mr Todd said the Central Otago officer was stood down two weeks ago.
He expected the now three-month-long investigation would be completed within a fortnight.
He declined to give any details about where the officer was based or their gender and said it was "not prudent" to talk about details while the investigation was still under way.
Yeah right. This fantasy that the police are some how better than the general public has got to end.
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