A Northland police officer at the centre of an online video that sparked a fierce debate about whether he had used unprofessional language has had a complaint against him upheld.
The nine-second video filmed on February 3 shows a man lying face down next to a weed-eater on a Kamo Rd driveway in Whau Valley being approached by two officers with Tasers. One of the officers addresses the man with a word that viewers debated was "cuz" or "c***".
The video's publication on a private Facebook page with more than 17,000 followers resulted in a complaint from Whangārei resident Fraye Dunbar to the Northland police and Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA).
Dunbar said she had just finished reading an article about the IPCA's ruling that Northland police had used excessive force against Whakaari Peri, 17 at the time, when she spotted the video which made her think "enough is enough".
"These young cops these days just speak to people terribly. It needs to stop."