Sergeant criticised twice by IPCA in just over three months quits police
One hardly needs to be a genius to guess that this guy was given the opportunity to quit before he was fired. Having read the latest IPCA report, both Frost and the probationary constable clearly committed an assault. Having prosecuted and defended in the system, I doubt the police will prosecute these guys.
But what's more unbelievable is that Frost managed to hold on to his job (albeit for a short while) after being found to have arbitrarily and unlawfully detained two people for over 15 and 19 hours respectively. And that's not all. Previously, he was convicted after crashing his car and in the view of the police deliberately evading attempts to breath-test him.
The NZ police really don't help themselves when it comes to how they performance manage low-quality humans like Frost. And for the people who like to rag on about the media: whatever their flaws, the newspaper concerned has done NZ a huge favour by publically naming and shaming Frost. It's ridiculous that the IPCA refused to name him despite a very clear pattern of abusing his powers whilst in uniform.
Hopefully, he gets as much opprobrium and contempt as he so richly deserves.