The official pulled over a vehicle on Ormiston Road soon after early afternoon on Tuesday when it took off, Inspector Wendy Spiller, Area Commander for Counties Manukau East said.
At the point when the vehicle was halted by traffic it turned around into the police vehicle.
The supposed guilty party at that point escaped his vehicle and “started promptly punching the official in the head various occasions”.
Individuals from the public interceded and the cop was taken to A&E.
“He has a wrecked finger and various wounds, fortunately he has not endured any genuine head injury,” Inspector Spiller said.
The 25-year-elderly person has been accused of ‘Attacks with Intent to Injure’, ‘Work a Motor Vehicle carelessly’ and ‘Neglected to Stop When Required’.
He is expected to show up in Manukau District Court on Thursday.
“We might want to thank the individuals from our locale who mediated in this occurrence. We could never anticipate that them should place themselves at risk yet we recognize their activities,” Inspector Spiller said.
“We additionally might want to state that it is totally unsatisfactory that any individual would attack a cop, totally unwarranted when they are essentially managing their responsibility.
“They leave their families consistently to serve our networks and they have the right to return home securely.”
-MSN
