New Zealand - Cops' speeding offences jump 64 per cent
New Zealand Herald - by Hamish McNeilly
Speeding police clocked up a 64 per cent increase in speed camera notices last year compared with the previous five years, it has been revealed.
Figures released under the Official Information Act show police were issued with 941 speed camera notices last year.
Of those offences, police paid 480 fines, 460 were waived and one ticket was dismissed by an Auckland court.
Wellington police officers led the way last year, paying for 60 speed camera offences, followed by Counties Manukau (58) and Waitemata (50).
Police officers in the Southern District paid for 38 offences - higher than other South Island districts; Tasman (26) and Canterbury (29).
Between 2005 and 2009 police recorded 2874 speed camera offences, with 1251 fines paid and 1623 waived.
Road policing national manager Superintendent Paula Rose said the number of speed camera notices issued to police had increased 64 per cent when compared with the average over the previous five-year period.
"This bears some relationship to the almost 100 per cent increase in the number of speed camera notices issued nationwide in 2010."