{"id":133691,"date":"2025-11-13T22:34:08","date_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/133691\/"},"modified":"2025-11-13T22:34:08","modified_gmt":"2025-11-13T22:34:08","slug":"police-recruits-graduate-in-auckland-as-force-faces-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/133691\/","title":{"rendered":"Police recruits graduate in Auckland as force faces scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">The ceremonial event comes after a week of turmoil for police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/jevon-mcskimming-damning-ipca-report-into-police-handling-of-complaints-against-former-deputy-commissioner\/T7V5J5EQMBCFJK5IZA2HXTLSHM\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/jevon-mcskimming-damning-ipca-report-into-police-handling-of-complaints-against-former-deputy-commissioner\/T7V5J5EQMBCFJK5IZA2HXTLSHM\/\">damning report released this week by the Independent Police Conduct Authority<\/a> found serious misconduct at the highest levels of police, including former Commissioner Andrew Coster, over how police responded to allegations of sexual misconduct by former Deputy Police Commissioner Jevon McSkimming.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">The highest-ranking police officers in New Zealand <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/jevon-mcskimming-police-ignored-sex-allegations-against-former-top-cop-prosecuted-the-woman-for-revenge-emails-instead\/DAWYWAD33FAVNCI3Z6OXTXR3EI\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/jevon-mcskimming-police-ignored-sex-allegations-against-former-top-cop-prosecuted-the-woman-for-revenge-emails-instead\/DAWYWAD33FAVNCI3Z6OXTXR3EI\/\">ignored anonymous allegations that McSkimming was a sexual predator.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Instead, the emails sent by the young female complainant were used by police as evidence to prosecute her.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Commissioner Chambers earlier this week gave a scathing assessment of his predecessor Coster\u2019s handling of the allegations against McSkimming and the decision to keep sex complaints against the former top cop secret. <\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">He called the situation \u201can absolute disgrace\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Yesterday, Chambers attended a Wellington graduation ceremony for new recruits, where he admitted he was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/police-commissioner-richard-chambers-pulled-over-for-speeding-at-112kmh\/WR5PBR34HJBKJN2OMJDITEV3EQ\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/nz\/police-commissioner-richard-chambers-pulled-over-for-speeding-at-112kmh\/WR5PBR34HJBKJN2OMJDITEV3EQ\/\">pulled over for speeding last week.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">He was delivering a speech to graduating police recruits in Porirua on Thursday when he told the new officers and their supporters that he had been ticketed for exceeding the speed limit.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">He told the recruits getting pulled over was the \u201cdumbest thing I\u2019ve done\u201d as commissioner, saying he was \u201caway with the fairies\u201d at the time.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">The 55 newly attested police officers marched out at Te Rauparaha Arena, Porirua, yesterday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"rVZUAWgtAFijHNuRNP\" style=\"display:none\">Jaime Lyth is a multimedia journalist for the New Zealand Herald, focusing on crime and breaking news. Lyth began working under the NZ Herald masthead in 2021 as a reporter for the Northern Advocate in Whang\u0101rei. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The ceremonial event comes after a week of turmoil for police. 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