New footage emerges showing on-duty Auckland police officer embracing woman by stripper pole

Footage shows an on-duty police officer embracing a naked woman. Photo / Supplied

• New footage has emerged of an on-duty Auckland police officer embracing a woman by a stripper pole.
• It follows previous footage showing two police officers dancing on the pole.
• An investigation has since been launched into the conduct of the two officers.

New footage posted to a well-known gang member’s social media shows an on-duty Auckland police officer embracing a woman inside a private property.

It has emerged after video was shared showing two on-duty officers cavorting on a strippers’ pole in the same room.

In the new video, an officer can be seen clasping the woman to his chest and lifting her up, before she turns showing her back to the camera.

The woman in the video contacted the Herald to say the recording was made in June when she was seeing a police officer. She stressed she was not naked in the video, but was wearing a “two-piece skin-coloured outfit”.

The relationship with the officer was brief and had ended after the police National Integrity Unit became involved, she said.

She had shared the video with a friend and now believed it was made public after a falling out between the two of them.

Footage shows an on-duty police officer embracing a naked woman. Photo / Supplied

It comes after home security footage was shared with the Herald showing two uniformed officers jumping on to and straddling the strippers’ pole, while twirling around it with assistance from a woman.

The pair appeared to be smiling after their performance before patting a cat inside the residence.

The timestamp on the video says it was taken in the early hours of June 29 earlier this year.

Acting Auckland City District Commander Acting Superintendent Sunny Patel said police are aware of the videos, and both members were on duty at the time.

“An investigation is ongoing into the conduct of our staff. There are very clear guidelines about what is acceptable behaviour while on duty,” he told the Herald.

Footage showed the police officers taking turns on the pole.

“While we can’t comment on the specifics of any investigation or employment process, we can advise one of those members left police prior to the video coming to our attention.

“The other member remains on full duties.”

The pair appeared to be smiling after their performance before patting a cat inside the residence.

It comes after police said an officer fell “well short of expectations” after photographs emerged of him wearing a gang patch just days after the controversial gang patch ban came into force.

Two photographs of a police officer wearing a vest with the Mangu Kaha gang patch visible were widely circulated online.

The officer appeared to be posing for the camera, giving a front and back display of the vest worn on top of his blue police uniform.

Police Minister Mark Mitchell described the photos as disappointing but said police would take the incident seriously.

“I’ve been advised the officer has come forward to take responsibility, and that the image is understood to have been taken in June.

“I’m sure the officer involved is feeling terrible about letting his colleagues down.”

Mitchell said police would go through an “internal process” to determine what further action would be taken.

Many people expressed dismay at the photos on social media.

“How is that making the community safer? They’re making fun of the gangs,” one person said.

Another social media user said, “So why can they wear gang insignia but I can’t?”

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