![]() ![]() “There are lessons here for our staff on the appropriate way to conduct these operations in future and I will be ensuring those conversations will be had. “We will be communicating with our staff this should not be happening in future,” he said. He did admit however that an officer dressing up and pretending to be a window washer was “not appropriate”. “The use of a plain clothes officer to watch for these offences is a standard operating tactic to prevent death and serious injuries on our roads,” he said in a statement. Credit: Today FMĬounties Manukau road policing manager Inspector Tony Wakelin confirmed in a statement to Today FM that police were conducting an operation at the intersection, and were looking for motorists running red lights or who were using their phones while driving. “I just think that it’s really intimidating for the people that are sitting in their cars even if they’re not on their phones, having some guy prowling in their windows.” NZ police released a statement saying the stunt will not happen again. I went around the corner and parked up there, watched them from the outside. “I was up from Wellington at that point in time with my mate, and we were just sitting there at the intersection and I noticed the window washer, and on further inspection we noticed there was police standing there and then my mate clicked on,” he said. Speaking on Today FM on Wednesday, a man named Aneil, who was driving the car at the time, explained he had never seen a police stunt like this before. He continues to stay on site, filming the undercover policeman who is seen going back to work on the side of the intersection. “You’re obstructing what he’s doing,” another policeman says. “Do you want to move on, or you’ll be arrested for obstruction,” a policeman can be heard asking him. ![]() The police in uniform confirm that the man dressed in plain clothes pretending to be a window washer is indeed an undercover policeman. Credit: Today FM Uniformed police who were waiting nearby asked the man to move on from the scene, and threatened him with arrest. The man got out of the car and confronted the undercover police. They might have an oversized jacket, brand-new clothes, cargo pants, and a gun hidden beneath their pants. An undercover officer often looks oddly well-groomed. Shortly after, a group of police officers dressed in uniform approach the man filming and ask him to move on, or else he could be arrested for obstruction. Unmarked police cars have special plates with numbers only, dark tinting, multiple radio antennas, a push bumper, and there may be out-of-place lights on the grill. While being filmed, the undercover cop actively ignores the accusations and tries to walk away. “What they do, is they stand here and they dress up in hoodies with a window washer thing, and they’re looking and they’re trying to get people in Manurewa tickets for fines, maybe phones, seatbelts.” ![]()
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