A troubled overhaul of a payroll and HR system for police will blow its budget by more than $11 million.
Police confirmed to the Herald last week that the planned April launch for the Human Resources Management Information System project would be delayed, but refused to say how much more the system could cost.
Today, Commissioner of Police Mike Bush appeared before Parliament's Law and Order Committee and revealed the figure after being questioned by Labour's police spokesman Stuart Nash.
"We will run over budget ... we were hoping to deliver [the system] early in April, but it looks like we will go live in July, with a final go live date of September -- so that does incur extra cost.
"Whole of life -- it has a 10-year life -- in excess of $11 million [over budget]."