A 20-year-old man has been arrested after a rifle was pointed at a female police officer in Katikati.
Police said the constable had been responding to a report of suspicious activity early this morning.
She was leaving the home of a witness at about 2:30am when she spotted a man near the intersection of Fairview Road and Robinson Street.
When she stopped to speak to the man he dropped bags he was carrying and is alleged to have swung a rifle toward her, police said.
The officer left immediately and called for back up. Armed Offenders Squad members were deployed in the area.
