“..A senior police officer has been accused of abusing their position after a friend complained about being delayed at a compulsory breath test.
An article in the latest edition of the Police Association’s monthly magazine claims the cop took another officer to task for stopping an “ex-VIP” on their way to a sports match.
According to the magazine, the unnamed VIP – thought to stand for very important police officer – phoned a “current-VIP” at police headquarters in Wellington, who then rang the officer in charge of the checkpoint to call them to account.
Appearing in a Police News column called View From the Bottom, the entry said: ..
.. “The ex-VIP wanted to see a very important game and was only delayed for a very short time due to there being no breath test, however this still caused him to get his knickers in a twist.
“Sadly the ex-VIP called on a friendly current-VIP at PNHQ who then called on the local RPM [Road Policing Manager] who was called to account for delaying said ex-VIP.
“What’s the world coming to when an ex-VIP gets to interfere with [Standard Operating Procedures]?”
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