A lucky appointment

The Herald reports:

The second-most powerful police officer in the country is on leave pending separate investigations, the Herald can reveal.

Deputy Commissioner Jevon McSkimming is being investigated by the Independent Police Conduct Authority, and the New Zealand Police. …

He was one of the final two candidates to replace the outgoing Andrew Coster as the Commissioner of Police, although he was overlooked in favour of Richard Chambers, who was appointed to the role last month for five years.

The Government will be very very pleased that they appointed Richard Chambers (whose nickname Felix means lucky) instead of McSkimming. It would be a disaster to have the person you just appointed Police Commissioner under an investigation.

Of course McSkimming is only under investigation, and no conclusions have been reported. But the fact he has been on leave for several weeks suggests they are somewhat serious allegations.