A former high-ranking Auckland police officer investigated for allegedly harassing a prostitute before quitting the force has started his own private investigation company.
Mark Gutry resigned as field crime manager at Counties Manukau on May 2, amid allegations he repeatedly accessed the woman's profile on the police computer system.
The Companies Office shows he registered Resolve Investigations on May 29 and he and wife Jane Gutry each own a 50 per cent shareholding.
Gutry runs the company on his own. "I've got started so it's up and running. It's just myself at the moment," he said.
He was "not really interested" in addressing the allegations that were made against him.