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Detective Remains Employed, Charged with Police Database Abuse

6/21/2026

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Superintendent Tony Hill said the South Island detective, whose name is suppressed, remains employed while charged with dishonest access to police databases and is held without bail.
The officer stayed on the police payroll while investigators charged him with illegal database searches.
The charges allege five unauthorized accesses to the Investigation Management Tool and six to the National Intelligence Application, carrying up to seven years imprisonment.

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Superintendent Tony Hill said the South Island detective, whose name is suppressed, remains employed while charged with dishonest access to police databases and is held without bail.
The officer stayed on the police payroll while investigators charged him with illegal database searches.
The charges allege five unauthorized accesses to the Investigation Management Tool and six to the National Intelligence Application, carrying up to seven years imprisonment.