16 Mar 2018

Bogus police checkpoint 'unlawful, unjustified' - IPCA

From Morning Report, 7:45 am on 16 March 2018

A Wellington lawyer has hit out at police training and leadership after a bogus traffic checkpoint targeting euthanasia supporters was declared illegal. The Independent Police Conduct Authority says the checkpoint in 2016 was both unlawful and unjustifed. Officers were investigating a suspected suicide and looking for evidence to prosecute Suzy Austen, from a local branch of Exit International.