Police Commissioner Richard Chambers. Photo: RNZ / Samuel Rillstone
This year began with the worst possible start for the country's police force when just hours into the new year with the death of a police officer who was hit by a vehicle in central Nelson.
There was also the continued search for Tom Phillips and his missing children, which ended months later with police shooting the fugitive dead near the Waikato town of Piopio.
And the near unprecedented resignation of deputy commissioner Jevon McSkimming who after being suspended amid allegations of sexual misconduct, was arrested, charged and plead guilty for watching child sexual exploitation and bestiality on his work devices. That was followed by a damning report by the Independent Police Conduct Authority.
