Police officer resigned after fabricating breath test result
An independent investigation found a Waikato police officer faked a roadside breath test reading after failing to conduct the actual test.
A police officer in Waikato fabricated a roadside breath test result and entered a false alcohol reading after realising he had not administered the test to the driver. The driver had admitted to drinking, prompting the officer to make up the result. The police watchdog considered the officer's dishonesty a criminal offence, but he was not charged due to insufficient evidence. The officer resigned during the investigation.
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Police officer faked breath test and falsified reading
A police officer fabricated a roadside breath test and entered a false alcohol reading after failing to test a driver in Waikato, an independent investigation has found.
RNZ
Police officer who made up breath test result resigned during investigation
The driver admitted he'd been drinking, but when the officer later realised he hadn't given a breath test he fabricated the result.
NZ Herald
IPCA probe finds police officer made up fake alcohol reading for drink-driver
The police officer realised he had omitted to do a breath test so he made one up instead.
1News
Officer quit police after fabricating roadside evidential breath test
The now ex-officer's dishonesty was considered a criminal offence by the police watchdog, but he was not charged due to "insufficient evidence".