A Hawke's Bay family are shocked and upset with the treatment they received from police after an officer smashed their windscreen with his torch at a drink-drive checkpoint this week.
Police said the incident on Thursday night last week on Taradale Rd was being investigated, and the officer involved was still working.
The Orchard family of Onekawa, who did not want their first names used, contacted Hawke's Bay Today with concerns about what happened and the way it was being handled by Police.
Mr Orchard said his partner and 12-year-old step-daughter were going to McDonald's when they came upon a drink-drive checkpoint and were waved through the line of officers.
"There were three cops in a line on our side of the road and the first guy waved us through so we drove on slowly and the second guy didn't do anything, and the third one had his back turned so I just thought we were meant to keep driving," he said.