He has resigned after prolonging his access to the dosh.

Two reasons a deputy Commissioner should likely have never got anywhere near the top job?
1 He was so incredibly dumb he accessed Porn on his work device?
2. It was not just titties and cocks, the porn involved both child exploitation and beastiality?

His name suggests a total absence of DEI, a celtic name, appears quite caucasian, been in the force for some years, since graduation in 1996 spent time in front line policing in Auckland, Southland and The West Coast then in 20010 began to ascend the ranks until then Prime Minister Hipkins appointed him deputy Commissioner???

“Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming brings a relatively unique career path within New Zealand Police,” according to a report presented by Hipkins to Cabinet.

“He has been a police officer for 27 years but, since 2010, McSkimming has used his operational skills across the organisation to shape strategy, service delivery and resolutions, financial planning, arms administration, ICT and infrastructure.”

Yet this person managed to hide a rather significant predilection for disgusting personal behaviour, many citizens would have considered inappropriate, from, it must be assumed, every one of the thousands of fellow police persons he will have formed various relationships with over those almost three decades in “The Police Family”.

Over half a century of adult life I have formed some quite close social relationships with a number of members of the constabulary, to a one they are very normal descent awesome people yet here is a person who was deviant to a level, any promotion should have been problematic, yet he managed to rise to the second top job where he could have replaced the commissioner at any time. In fact was short listed to the job that went to Richard Chambers.

Now I accept that effective policing requires a mindset that becomes very adjacent to those they are attempting to police if we are to remain “safe” , the old set a thief to catch a thief if you will, but such an egregious abandonment of personal characteristic standards that must be ingrained to remain and manage to keep from discovery by colleagues is disquieting.

Recent appointments to the “creme de la crème” of the thin blue line do leave serious doubt in just how such persons arrive at the salary of three quarters of a million dollars that is somewhat higher that the person who gets to appoint them, at a mere half a million. This disaster is not a one off, it is but a latest where feet of clay have stepped into the “Bullshit Castle” in Molesworth Street as custodians of our one link to law and order.

For this old cynic the Police were on a pedestal until the arthur Allan Thomas convictions revealed corrupt actions by Hutton and others to achieve the conviction for the murder of the Crews in 1970.

This was around the time my trust in the Medical profession suffered a similar destruction but that is another story.
Yes having been thoroughly accepting of a trust in all Police persons Hutton and company not only dented such trust it was suddenly corroded beyond repair.
The introduction of “The Wanganui Computer” only increased the doubts?
Add in Clint Rickards, and his two henchmen, Brad Shipton and Bob Schollum, and a subsequent headline that 144 police have been investigated for serious criminal offending up to one of murder and all leadership becomes at least “Tainted”.

Helen Clark ending of Peter Doones career and appointment of never serving as a sworn cop, Public Servant Lynne Provost as a deputy commissioner, did nothing by any degree things could be better.

Current published evidence of the lowering of standards for entry, widespread DEI influences and increasing numbers of dumbarse Pollies calling for changes in police numbers all do nothing to restore faith.

I often chuckle at an incident during my first response” days when a constable, incidentally from the Traffic Cops suddenly elevated to sworn police status, going by the identity as Gadgetman, was attempting to apprehend a felon following a vehicle incident, pleading for assistance from the group of firies and ambos present only to be responded by the incident commander, “We just want to see how good you really are Howard” . LoL

We all can only hope that the now resigned Deputy gets appropriate treatment as things unravel for him but a lingering doubt remains as another soft cock judge soaks the Bus ticket and hands out entirely inappropriate judicial response to this egregious collapse in what any descent citizen might regard as a required personal standard for any serving Police person.