The Independent Police Conduct Authority report out today in summary said the Timaru Police:
* trespassed.
* assaulted with a weapon without adequate justification.
* knowingly committed perjury and attempted to pervert the course of justice (this arises from charging a person with with assault and giving false evidence in court with the full knowledge of prosecutors and their superior officers that this was false (ie video evidence from the taser's camera told a different story).
If it was you, me or Mr Hager we would be changed already (video evidence, knowingly lied etc) and probably in the can.
Instead they've swung into full bureaucrat mode all the Police officers concerned are still at work.
All things considered this is a worry that this and the racism thing and the misogyny stuff just doesn't seem to get taken seriously.
There should be no tolerance for this behaviour - any absolutely none for people who lie while on the witness stand.
The video evidence and the IPCA report should be enough for standing down and charges (stuff their 'employer obligations - this is criminal) but here in NZ it appears the Police are above the law.