Bay of Plenty officer Andrew Rush, 38, has been convicted and sentenced for both careless driving and driving with excess breath alcohol. A Bay of Plenty police officer who crashed a patrol car through a fence while nearly five times the alcohol limit has been sentenced for drink driving and careless driving while on duty. GOOGLE The corner of Main St and Otakiri Rd in Edgecumbe where a drink driving officer crashed a police vehicle. “I don’t think the vast majority of people [knew].”Where the crash happened was a high crash area as it was a dark road with a lot of bends, she said. He said the public rightly expected high standards from police staff.

Source: Stuff April 27, 2021 22:54 UTC