{"id":807348,"date":"2026-07-18T02:39:12","date_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:39:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807348\/"},"modified":"2026-07-18T02:39:12","modified_gmt":"2026-07-18T02:39:12","slug":"nsw-police-cops-under-review-after-taking-drivers-keys-as-he-grabbed-a-coffee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/807348\/","title":{"rendered":"NSW Police: Cops under review after taking driver\u2019s keys as he grabbed a coffee"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/australia-news\/nsw\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NSW<\/a> officers are under review after removing the keys from a driver\u2019s unattended <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/motoring-1msk\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">car<\/a> while he was inside a caf\u00e9 buying a coffee.<\/p>\n<p>The video shows the moment a man leaves his ute unattended with the keys still in the ignition to grab a coffee before a group of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/topic\/nsw-police-jdi\" class=\"sc-eRZcwA dNXoqI\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">police<\/a> sitting outside the Sydney caf\u00e9 emerge and grab his keys.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"The police in the video are now under review.\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/295cf68181cabcd470a42609ca0bea4d26d4f5966a1bf658ad625ed882cb5a39.jpeg\"  width=\"100%\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_0b53bae146db0b62 _7475dd3391ee1518\" style=\"--text-color:var(--color-text-secondary)\">The police in the video are now under review.\u00a0Supplied<\/p>\n<p>The man appears to step outside shortly after, looking for his keys, with the police seen laughing. They speak to the man shortly after returning them to him.<\/p>\n<p>In the end, around seven police officers were talking to this man, continuing to speak to him as he intended to drive off. <\/p>\n<p>The cops\u2019 actions have sparking debate over whether they were enforcing the law or taking things too far.<\/p>\n<p>NSW laws state that you can receive a $114 fine if you walk three metres away from your car with the keys in the ignition.<\/p>\n<p>The police involved in the incident reportedly remain under review, with some placed on alternate duties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A group of NSW officers are under review after removing the keys from a driver\u2019s unattended car while&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-807348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}