Neshanderan Rajgopaul, 29, was sentenced in the High Court in Auckland after being found guilty last month of the attempted murder of Constable Jeremy Snow in December 2009 and eight other drugs and firearms related offences.
Rajgopaul shot Mr Snow when he and Constable Robert Cato stopped to check a suspicious car parked in the driveway of a Papatoetoe property.
Mr Snow was rescued by armed police as he came close to dying from blood loss.
Rajgopaul admitted being a firearms and drugs dealer but denied shooting Mr Snow.
His claim Mr Snow was shot by an associate was dismissed by the jury of six men and six women.
The court was told he had previous convictions of being an accessory in an aggravated robbery, carrying an 8cm knife in public and possession of methamphetamine.
In a victim impact report statement today, Mr Snow said he was still in pain and undergoing surgical operations and was months away from resuming frontline duties.
He had been diagnosed as having symptoms of post traumatic stress disorder.
He said he did not feel animosity toward Rajgopaul but would not be able to forgive him until he showed remorse.
