Clint Rickards - Not Guilty

Suspended Assistant Commissioner and Auckland Area Commander has yet again, found to be not guilty of a historical rape.

Outside the court he said that he would return to work immediately.
"I will start at Auckland as soon as possible."
He also said Operation Austin, the police team which investigated the complaint against him, was a shambles and questions needed to be asked.
"They need to be asked from the leadership down. It's a shambles and a poorly run operation, poorly run."

Well Clint, it is not only Operation Austin that is a shambles, start with the Minister and work down right to plod level who have to work with the flawed ideology that is driving the force.

To not to be reinstated will be a further cementing of this ideology that permeates the force.

Go get your job back and sort out the shambles.