Jo Falkner is concerned a police officer who slapped her daughter has returned to their rural Tararua town. The mother of a teenage girl who was slapped by a police officer has slammed the way police handled the investigation into his actions. Pahiatua Constable Ben Luders​ slapped Jo Falkner's daughter around the back of the head with an open hand during a Cactus youth programme at Tararua College in June. He did not explain why Luders had been returned to Pahiatua or whether police would deploy him elsewhere in the future. Following the incident, both Luders and the girl were removed from the programme and she was unable to attend the graduation day.

Source: Stuff December 14, 2019 01:07 UTC