Dog handler at centre of crashed police car inquiry
A Rotorua police dog handler is at the centre of an investigation into a police car crash.
An unmarked police car assigned to Sergeant Keith Mitchell was found smashed into a power police and abandoned at 5.30am on Saturday.
Rotorua area commander Inspector Bruce Horne said Mr Mitchell was "normally the person who would be driving that car" and he was among the staff who had spoken to the inquiry team.
"What we've got is a police car found smashed against a power pole with no one in it. That is unusual," he told the New Zealand Herald.
A police source told the paper Mr Mitchell had told the inquiry his vehicle had been stolen.
Mr Horne would not say if any staff had been stood down.
Mr Mitchell was praised by police bosses in May for saving the lives of two men by clinging to the bumper of their van as it teetered over an 8m bank.
An unmarked police car assigned to Sergeant Keith Mitchell was found smashed into a power police and abandoned at 5.30am on Saturday.
Rotorua area commander Inspector Bruce Horne said Mr Mitchell was "normally the person who would be driving that car" and he was among the staff who had spoken to the inquiry team.
"What we've got is a police car found smashed against a power pole with no one in it. That is unusual," he told the New Zealand Herald.
A police source told the paper Mr Mitchell had told the inquiry his vehicle had been stolen.
Mr Horne would not say if any staff had been stood down.
Mr Mitchell was praised by police bosses in May for saving the lives of two men by clinging to the bumper of their van as it teetered over an 8m bank.
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