http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3241207a11,00.html
JARROD BOOKER and COLIN ESPINER
"Calls for traffic duties to be removed from New Zealand's overworked police force are growing. Revelations in The Press this week show detectives and general duties officers are being required to do traffic work at the expense of crime investigation.
Police Minister George Hawkins said the Government had not considered splitting traffic duties from the police because the current system was working. "
