New Zealand Police Put 1 Officer Through Employment Process Over 2026 In-Motion Breath Tests
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Updated · RNZ · Jun 10
New Zealand Police Put 1 Officer Through Employment Process Over 2026 In-Motion Breath Tests
2 articles · Updated · RNZ · Jun 10
Summary
One officer underwent an employment process after police detected a new sequence of abnormal in-motion breath tests carried out in January 2026.
An algorithm applied to all new breath-test data since October 2025 flagged the sequence, which police said was the only new in-motion case found this year.
Police told Minister Mark Mitchell in a February update they were confident testing while vehicles were moving was no longer occurring and that most remedial and employment actions were largely complete.
The case follows RNZ's earlier reporting that about 30,000 tests were falsely or erroneously recorded; an independent NZTA-backed review later estimated more than 42,000 irregular tests.
NZTA had frozen $12 million in funding after the scandal but has since authorized $18 million, saying police still met targets while both agencies work to restore confidence in road-policing data.