IR-01-25-46122
5 February 2026
Juanita Mary
[FYI request #33310 email]
Tēnā koe Juanita
Request for information
Thank you for your Official Information Act 1982 (OIA) request of 18 December 2025. You
asked for information regarding “Police credibility disclosure systems”.
My response to each part of your request can be found below.
1.
Under the Official Information Act 1982, please provide: Policies governing police
officer credibility, integrity, or disclosure obligations.
Please find attached a copy of the New Zealand Police Code of Conduct, which is a
guiding document that sets out common standards of behaviour for all Police employees.
A copy of this is also available on the NZ Police websit
e here. Within the part of the Code
titled “We are responsible” (page 9) is a list of situations where there exists an obligation
for the employee to notify their manager.
2.
Whether NZ Police maintain Internal registers, Disclosure flags, Integrity or
credibility markers.
NZ Police maintains a central database known as IAPro. This database records
information about employees including complaints, integrity reporting, notifications to the
Independent Police Conduct Authority (IPCA) (pursuant to the IPCA Act and the MOU
between Police and the IPCA), reported uses of force and vehicle pursuits.
In addition, reporting when employees “speak up” about unacceptable or harmful
behaviour in the workplace is collated by the Kia Tū workstream. Finally, the Early
Intervention workstream maintains a confidential internal register to record referrals and
support employees. Early Intervention is focused on supporting employees before small
issues become bigger problems, offering the right support and strengthening both
individual wel being and organisational trust.
3.
Guidance provided to Police Prosecutors and Crown Solicitors on: When officer
credibility must be disclosed.
There is no formal guidance for police prosecutors about when officer credibility must be
disclosed so this part of your request is refused pursuant to section 18(e) of the OIA
where the document alleged to contain the information requested does not exist. That
said, it is not uncommon for defence counsel to request this kind of disclosure pursuant to
section 14 of the Criminal Disclosure Act for information about the conduct history of a
Police employee. In such situations, the request wil be referred to a specialist Disclosure
Panel to consider and respond to the request. The Disclosure Panel applies the
provisions of the Criminal Disclosure Act and guidance provided by the courts in
determining whether information held on an employee’s conduct history is disclosable.
4.
Aggregate statistics (not names) showing: Number of officers subject to
disclosure obligations, Nature of credibility concerns (categories only).
Whilst you have not stipulated a timeframe, over the last five years there have been 10
reports recorded in the IAPro database under the incident type “integrity reporting”. The
nature of those reports are:
• An infringement for driving with excess breath or blood alcohol concentration x 6
• Suspension of drivers licence x 1
• Breach of policy x 1
• Off duty vehicle crash x 1
• Conflict of interest x 1
Please note that as part of its commitment to openness and transparency, Police
proactively releases some information and documents that may be of interest to the
public. An anonymised version of this response may be publicly released on the New
Zealand Police website.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of this
decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.
Nāku noa, nā
Detective Inspector Joel Syme
Senior Professional Conduct Manager: Integrity and Conduct
New Zealand Police
