Vision from the crime scene where an officer was stabbed in the face after speaking to a man in Orakei at 10.19am. The officer has been taken to Auckland Hospital by ambulance for treatment of injuries which are not life-threatening. He had been responding to complaints of a man being abusive and confrontational on Tamaki Drive, who was later found to be in possession of weapons, police said.
Raw: Police officer stabbed
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