[3] In 1992 the Traffic Service of the Ministry of Transport was merged into New Zealand Police,[4] this prompted new regulations made under the Act and a review into the structure of New Zealand Police.
[3] In 2000 it was alleged that the Commissioner of Police Peter Doone had prevented the breath testing of his partner Robyn when stopped for driving without lights on at 11pm.
[5] Helen Clark was informed that it would be difficult to remove Doone because he was not subject to disciplinary proceedings under the Police Act.
In later years the Act was criticized for being out of date with modern policing standards and human resource practice.
[6] In March 2006, Minister of Police Annette King announced the Act would be reviewed citing a number of issues that would be reviewed including the principles of policing, governance arrangements and human resource management.