Police racked up more than $2.5m of charges on business credit cards last year, including stays at luxury hotels, restaurant dinners and taxi rides.

The country's 8654 sworn police officers have been warned to beware of becoming corrupted with the growth of organised criminal gangs.

Knives, clubs, large rocks, bottles and an axe were recovered from the scene where a man become the first person to be tasered in the South Island.

The Police Association says the United Nations Human Rights Committee is out of touch, after it criticised police adoption of Tasers.

A senior police officer has been accused of abusing their position after a friend complained about being delayed at a compulsory breath test.

Police Minister talks tough after one cop goes into a coma and another had his lip bitten off.

The $1.5 billion methamphetamine industry has enabled crime kingpins to spread their influence "into the nice end of town", the Police Association says.

A hospital bedside hearing is being held today for the man accused of shooting a South Auckland police officer.

New specialist traffic officers will be used to issue speeding tickets, freeing police to concentrate on fighting crime.

A high-ranking police officer has resigned after his superiors were alerted to an affair he had with a junior colleague.

Frontline police say officers who lack firearms training may be putting their lives at risk.

Auckland constable stood down pending an internal investigation.