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South Auckland's police
chief is appalled by photographs taken by police officers of themselves and
members of the public in unacceptable circumstances. Counties Manukau Police
District Commander Steve Shortland has responded to evidence from the trial
of Senior Sergeant Anthony Solomona, who was found guilty of assaulting a
17-year-old suspect at a Manurewa service station in February last year. Mr Shortland says
evidence of police forcing suspects to write apology letters and a photo of a
masked policeman carrying an axe and a machete is disturbing. He says that in his 30
years of policing, he has never heard of the practices occurring before. Mr Shortland says he
feels for the overwhelming majority of officers in South Auckland who are
bearing the brunt of actions of a very small number of police. |
