A police officer has been praised by the public and his superiors alike after video emerged of him keeping a cool head in a potentially volatile situation.
The video shows the officer calmly asking two young men to hop out of his patrol car after they jumped in during a rowdy party to play with the lights and sirens.
Originally filmed in 2019, the video recently resurfaced on social media, attracting attention for the raucous behaviour of the men and the low-key manner in which the office defused the situation.
Described in a comment online as "quite possibly the greatest clip from a crate day in all of human history," the video was shot in December 2019 in the Western Bay of Plenty.
Although the video was shared by a man claiming that the events took place in Northland, tell-tale signs such as the consumption of Tui beer and the wearing of a Waikato Draught singlet placed the video further south.