Police

Just a week on the job and the Dunedin police Facebook page may have achieved its first success.

Southern police have stepped up the number of foot patrols over the past year.

The bill to taxpayers for clothing police and dry-cleaning their uniforms last year was more than $9 million. Figures released under the Official Information Act reveal police forked out $1.08 million on dry-cleaning, $5.5 million on clothing (2011-12 financial year) and $2.46 million for plain-clothes allowance (2012 calendar year).

Top New Zealand police officers could be lured to run British police forces under a proposed shake-up in the UK.

A mob attack on a lone Waikato police officer could have turned even uglier had he drawn his pistol, Police Commissioner Peter Marshall says.

A police officer attacked by a mob in the coastal Waikato town of Kawhia on Friday night has expressed his gratitude for the help he received from locals.

Petty crime: no matter if it is a stolen bottle of milk, a nicked kid's bike or a garden gnome gone walkabout, it still matters to someone, and it still matters to police in the South. Hamish McNeilly reports.

A police officer has been charged with assault following an incident before Christmas when he used his baton while allegedly under attack.

At least 67 police staff have been arrested in the past three years while serving on the force. Some of the charges include dealing LSD, assault, drink-driving and theft.

A motorist travelling at 135kmh in the central North Island is among bad drivers caught by a police "eye in the sky".